大全里的两道难题

小嘴金鱼

大全里的两道题，请大牛指点

1.        Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.

(A) Even as they never forgave

(B) While they never forgave

(C) Just like they never forgave

(D) Similarly to not forgiving

(E) In spite of their never forgiving

答案是A，请问具体是什么意思？

2.        Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.

(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and

(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is

(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with

(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with（B）

(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is

答案是B，请问为什么不是D？

小嘴金鱼

哪位高手指点一下？

jeannefq

第一题应该是说就像他们永远无法原谅占领他们土地的十字军一样,叙利亚人永远不会原谅夺走土地的法国人.

第二题的D后面用了with,改变了原来的并列关系...而且我觉得,capital investment比investing captical要好,因为名词总比-ing形式的要好吧...

学得不精,个人意见而已...

小嘴金鱼

谢谢Jeannefq！even as和 just as意义相同吗？

jeannefq

even as:used to emphasize that sth. happens at the same moment something else.

just as=at the exact moment或者=equally

这是朗文里查的。

所以我想原文翻译，可能就说他们无法原谅。。。也无法原谅。。。

遥远的绿洲

even as和just as意思相同,同意3楼的解释