og 143 一点疑惑

solome

143. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-
laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution
rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more
than 220 million years ago.

A. rather than developing independently from
B. rather than a type that developed independently from
C. rather than a type whose development was independent of
D. instead of developing independently from
E.instead of a development that was independent of

此题b/c选项都没有问题，唯一的判断标准就是句意，我只是凭感觉的觉得是B，觉得原文想要说的意思是B，但是具体的理由说不清楚，觉得随意性很大。
请指教此种类型如何判断句意。
我的意思是我知道这道题B/C的区别在哪，我想知道如何判断作者说的是B，不是C

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-11-23 1:28:43编辑过]

scjp2000

.... In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point_that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor(两句话表达的意思完全不同，区别在于是不是同一个祖先).... FROM <>

solome

谢谢scjp2000：）

我知道，我知道B/C的区别，我想问的是如何知道原文想表达的是B，而不是C

gemj

以下是引用solome在2003-11-23 1:27:00的发言：
谢谢scjp2000：）

我知道，我知道B/C的区别，我想问的是如何知道原文想表达的是B，而不是C

这个好说，因为后面表达的意思应该是与前面的相反的：
strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution
前面说是a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution，主干中的一支（系出名门啊）。后面的意思当然就应该是非嫡系所出。

sbbi

以前讨论过的,搜一把吧.

gemj

B. rather than a type that developed independently from
C. rather than a type whose development was independent of
但说实话我对B、C意思上的差异虽然明白，但对于如何出现了这种意思上的差异不是很清楚。

solome

谢谢gemj 和 sbbi  gg，

我又想了想，一个是独立的发展，一个是发展是独立于，是不是因为后面是说一个共同的
祖先，所以...
哎呀，不行了，晕，好象是一念之间的问题似的，偶睡觉去了，明儿再说吧。

atasl

我的想法是，B说：不是来自共同祖先；C说：不是与共同祖先无关，即来自共同祖先。
ets的解释中：In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point－that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor. 注意破折号后的that从句是解释the opposite而不是解释the original point,因为在the opposite of the original point中the opposite 是中心词。
另外，C中的independent of的意思按字典上解释是“独立的，不依赖他人或他物的，不受他人控制的”；而B中的developed independently from主体词是developed from，independently只是修饰develop表示develop的方式。

这种想法不知对否，还请大牛们指教。谢谢啦！

flora_wang

这个区别大概是最subtle的了...

flora_wang

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=34&id=13389&replyID=13389&star=7&skin=


    


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