885 sec e 9

albertjerry

9.    It takes a deft balance between savings discipline, investment knowledge, risk taking, luck, and time to raise a million dollars through investments.
(A) It takes a deft balance between
(B) Deft balancing is needed between
(C) Deftly balanced, it takes
(D) It takes a deft balance of
(E) A deft balance is what one needs among

我选的是A ,但是我有的时候发现 BETWEEN 可以接两者以上的复数啊,从意思上来讲也是需要在...之间的平衡,不懂?请教

kid

between一定要是在两者之间，这两者是不是负数都没有关系。
between boys and girls----it's ok。

这题我不大理解前面的“it takes”是什么意思，ask for么？
it是谁的形式主语？初步觉得是“ to raise a million dollars through investments.”
请指教！

fair_sword

答案给的是D,这个题我也非常困惑，到底怎么选出来的

juan

是不是E从语法上讲也没错，只是不如D简洁？有大侠能回答一下吗？谢谢。

Snazzy

It's true that 'between' can be followed by plurals, eg:

▶BETWEEN PEOPLE/COUNTRIES◀

relations [plural]

a) official connections between countries, companies, organizations etc

Relations between the two countries have improved recently.

however, ETS doesn't seem to like the idea.     eg:

1.                            
Dr. Sayre’s lecture recounted
several little-known episodes in the relations between nations that
illustrates what is wrong with alliances and treaties that do not have
popular support.

(A) relations
between nations that illustrates

(B) relation of one
nation with another that illustrates

(C) relations
between nations that illustrate

(D) relation of
one nation with another and illustrate（B）

(E) relations of
nations that illustrates

so just remember     ETS' rule. no other way

juan

??有些乱码？没看懂是什么意思？Snaazy能说清楚些?

juan

Snazzy,请问是不是E在语法上也是可以的，只是不够简洁？

kevintong

e和愿意的强调重点不同

jetrong

这题好像还是没有定论!

请各位大侠继续讨论，为什么选D？而不选A？

between在这里为什么不对？

achilles2003

Between 虽然可以用于复数名词, 但强调的是任意两者之间比较.  betweeen boys and girls. 实际还是两个概念在进行比较,所以我认为这题A还是表达错误的.

这句里的take 做 require 解.   

E使原句变成了对灵活的平衡技巧的解释, 但这种技巧并非一定带来to..., 原句中技巧只是必要条件, E中成了充分条件了.