请教大全301题hidden amounts

gemj

301.    Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium
答案E，同意。
但E中significant but often hidden显然都是在修饰amounts，但问题是amounts怎么能被hidden呢？ETS是不是晕了头？
如果说sodium被hidden还勉强能说得过去。

gemj

我的这些傻问题看的人都没有。FT！

iselibra

有人看了
却也似懂非懂
我的理解是这里的hidden表示的意思是“表面上看不见的”意思
原文的意思是可观的却看不太出来的amount of sodium

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gemj

谢谢iselibra呀！总算有人看了。

yzlinlin

想来这大概就是“高处不胜寒”？ 唉，谁叫牛人提的问题总是 难度系数大於3.2-----beyond my ability 呢？

不过这题是否可看成2个词都是修饰(amounts of)sodium呢。

回答得哆里哆嗦的。一下子想起<红楼梦>里王熙凤的一句大俗话，搬过来用在我这里是：”就我这烧糊了的卷子在这儿混一回吧“。

gemj

一是从逻辑上significant不可能去修饰sodium
二是significant but often hidden不应该跳过amounts去修饰sodium

深海的小美人鱼

一是从逻辑上significant不可能去修饰sodium
二是significant but often hidden不应该跳过amounts去修饰sodium

我觉得这里significant和 hidden都是用来修饰amounts。 hidden在这里应该是做adj用，就象我们说vast amound of...

great amound of...

a large amound of...

mjiehu

以下是引用gemj在2003-11-6 17:29:00的发言：
301. Following the nutrition board’s advice on salt consumption would mean a virtual end of the use of salt in cooking, an avoidance of obviously salty foods, and reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium.
(A) reducing the reliance on processed foods that contain significant amounts of often hidden sodium
(B) reducing the reliance on processed foods containing often hidden but significant amounts of sodium
(C) a reduction of the reliance on processed foods, containing as they do often hidden sodium in significant amounts
(D) a reduced reliance on the significant amounts of hidden sodium often contained in processed foods
(E) a reduced reliance on processed foods that contain significant but often hidden amounts of sodium
答案E，同意。
但E中significant but often hidden显然都是在修饰amounts，但问题是amounts怎么能被hidden呢？ETS是不是晕了头？
如果说sodium被hidden还勉强能说得过去。

amounts怎么不能被hidden呢？
significant and hidden amounts of salt

the amount of salt is significant ( great amount of salt), but it is hidden (one cannot see the salt, because it is in the processed food)

gemj

以下是引用mjiehu在2003-11-7 7:08:00的发言：

amounts怎么不能被hidden呢？
significant and hidden amounts of salt

the amount of salt is significant ( great amount of salt), but it is hidden (one cannot see the salt, because it is in the processed food)

“one cannot see the salt, because it is in the processed food”
括号里面的解释还是说salt被HIDDEN。
amounts本来就不能被看见，不用hidden就看不见。
对于仪器来说，又hidden不了啊。
但作者的意思我明白，只是觉得他的表达有问题。

mjiehu

i don't think there is any problem with the expression, or i just cannot tell