OG 143

joywzy

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
Choice B, the best answer, correctly uses the construction mammals ... are a branch... rather than a type, in which the terms compared by rather than are grammatically parallel nouns. Choices A and D fail to parallel branch with another noun, instead following rather than or instead of with the verb phrase developing independently from.... 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. Choice E repeats the error of C, further straying from the intended meaning by referring to the type as a development.

我想问的是C的解释是什么意思啊？？？

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.

iselibra

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.
意思是说，原文表达的是这个东西虽然不是哺乳动物进化的主线，但还是从一个共同祖先进化过来的，而be independent of 的表达是两者全不相干

winnie

“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. ”

关于上述og解释前面有很多争论，但结果似乎不是很明确。

（1）that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution修饰的是the opposite 还是the original point？

我感觉是修饰the original point的，那么independent from就成了表达两者全不相干。还是：

A independent of B ：A、B两者全不相干？independent from+来源？

（2）but still to have descended from a common ancestor.与谁平行，主谓省略的是什么？

谢谢，希望能讨论清楚。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-5 16:45:51编辑过]

winnie

up！

winnie

up！

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zxl_moon

我说点意见：

B: a type that developed independently from a common ancestor 说从同一祖先发展来的，发展的过程是独立的

C: development of such type was independent of a common ancestor 说这种发展是独立于

a common ancestor

能听明白吗？

xieyongrenren

明白了  谢谢 

Dinaxie

以下是引用zxl_moon在2005-9-19 14:21:00的发言：

我说点意见：

B: a type that developed independently from a common ancestor 说从同一祖先发展来的，发展的过程是独立的

C: development of such type was independent of a common ancestor 说这种发展是独立于

a common ancestor

能听明白吗？

这个解释好像与gemj的解释相反！

dormousedzc

OG说E   While a development may appear to parallel a branch,the logic of the sentence is contradicted by the meaning of this usage,

是什么意思啊,这种用法造成的矛盾之处在哪里呀???

谢谢指教