请教OG-SC-212

joywzy

212. The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for

several years followed a policy aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving the efficiency of its distribution system.

aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving
aimed at the decreasing of operating costs and to improve
aiming at the decreasing of operating costs and improving
the aim of which is the decreasing of operating costs and improving
with the aim to decrease operating costs and to improve

用平行,排除了B,C,D,可为什么A比E好呢?答案:A

谢谢.

siebel

以下是引用joywzy在2003-4-18 9:36:00的发言：
212. The Baldrick Manufacturing Company has for
several years followed a policy aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving the efficiency of its distribution system.

aimed at decreasing operating costs and improving
with the aim to decrease operating costs and to improve
用平行,排除了B,C,D,可为什么A比E好呢?答案:A

has for several years...语法表示持续，句子的逻辑含义是BMC一直在努力。
A中，-ing 表示持续动作，一直在降低、增加
E中，to do 则是一次性行为。

mindfree

Copied from OG explanation

In E, the infinitives to decrease and to improve, while parallel, are less idiomatic than the prepositional phrase of decreasing ... and improving in modifying the noun aim. Also, with the aim...to improve can easily be construed as referring to the Baldrick Manufacturing Company and so does not refer unequivocally to policy

1stzhang

在逻辑意思合理的情况下，动词优于名词，好象上次我给你说过

joywzy

同理，OG中有一题：

referring to >> with the reference to ,对吗？

1stzhang

这题你看看后面的动词的时态

joywzy

以下是引用siebel在2003-4-18 11:15:00的发言：
has for several years...语法表示持续，句子的逻辑含义是BMC一直在努力。
A中，-ing 表示持续动作，一直在降低、增加
E中，to do 则是一次性行为。

我明白了。谢谢。更多要看意思。

smilinglan

我再来补充一下，其实E中的用法是错误的，with the aim of doing sth,而不是with the aim to do sth 即使改过来，在同等的情况下出现，用aim at doing sth 比with the aim of doing 好，因为简洁呀，并且，这里的with 短语容易造成修饰了the Baldrick Manufacturing Company （见mindfree 摘录的OG解释）