求教OG 183题

Kevin4U

以下是引用halcyon在2003-11-27 23:39:00的发言：
Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates form the eighth century, was probably buried [face=楷体_GB2312]to keep from[/face] being stolen by invaders.
a. to keep from
b. to keep it from
c. to avoid
d. in order that it would avoid
e in order to keep from

og上说答案是b, 刘振民说选c
而且 og 上的 'avoid is used imprecisely in C  and D because it illogically suggests that the chalice is acting to prevent its own theft.

请麻烦帮助解释一下

Choice D:

Longman Dictionary:

1
to prevent something bad from happening
Road safety is taught to young children to avoid road accidents. It is important to take measures to avoid the risk of fire.
avoid doing something
The refugees left to avoid getting bombed.
Alan narrowly avoided an accident.
2
to stay away from someone or something, or not use something
Everyone seemed to be avoiding Nick. She carefully avoided his eyes (=did not look directly at his face) . Pregnant women should avoid certain foods such as raw eggs. Why did you speak to him? You usually avoid him like the plague (=try hard to avoid him) .
3
to deliberately not do something, especially something wrong, dangerous, or harmful
There are ways of legally avoiding taxes.
avoid doing something
You should avoid over-spending in the first half of the year.

Google了一下，也有aviod being done 和aviod being +adj. 的形式，但还是以Longman字典的例子为准吧!

请指教

sammaijgd

收获很大

weichenli

以下是引用foreinter在2005-7-3 9:57:00的发言：


这个解释说得很清楚

万分感激, 解了我所有的迷!! 谢谢!

juice_papa

以下是引用薰衣紫草在2005-5-26 9:05:00的发言：

"To do" here indicates the goal of the action. It doesn't necessarily have to comply with the subject.

But if "to do" itself means an action, it has to have an agency to act upon it.

但是前几天碰到princeton的一道题，答案却是B

Renowned for both his wealth and his eccentricity, industrialist Howard Hughes left behind a series of wills and codicils of staggering complexity, one that took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out.

A.      took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out

B.      took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort out

是不是princeton的答案错了啊。。。。

顾风

不是，it指谁？都是复数

livary

Renowned for both his wealth and his eccentricity, industrialist Howard Hughes left behind a series of wills and codicils of staggering complexity, one that took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out.

A. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out

B. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort out

这是因为定语从句的关系,that引导的从句修饰one,it多余

化装舞会

以下是引用livary在2006-6-8 18:10:00的发言：

Renowned for both his wealth and his eccentricity, industrialist Howard Hughes left behind a series of wills and codicils of staggering complexity, one that took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out.

A. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out

B. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort out

这是因为定语从句的关系,that引导的从句修饰one,it多余

我觉得不对,因为one应该指代的是动作的发出者,即Howard Hughes. 而a series of 又是用单数,所以按理来说可以用it指代啊.我也不明白,请NN指教

晴天小狗

183.
   Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(C) to avoid

(D) in order that it would avoid（B）

(E) in order to keep from

有点不明白了...请指点一下

C选项，说ch自己不能avoid，没错

但是C： chalice was probably buried to avoid 我觉得没问题啊

这里ch是被埋，目的是不要被偷，  也就是人是执行者，to do表人的目的，有错吗？

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晴天小狗

183.Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(C) to avoid

(D) in order that it would avoid（B）
            

(E) in order to keep from

有点不明白了...请指点一下

C选项，说ch自己不能avoid，没错

但是C： chalice was probably buried to avoid 我觉得没问题啊

这里ch是被埋，目的是不要被偷，  也就是人是执行者，to do表人的目的，有错吗？

tony0825

以下是引用anyname在2005-2-13 8:01:00的发言：

为什么选keep it from不选keep from和avoid？ （一家之言，仅供参考。）

首先，“B keeps from doing sth” 和“B avoids doing sth”，语法上并没错，但要求“keep/avoid”和“doing sth”必须是同一主语B (所有“v.+v-ing”都这样）。如：

She can't keep from spending a lot of money in shopping. （she keeps and spends)
She can't avoid spending a lot of money in shopping. （she avoids and spends)

当其主语不同时，则须用B keep C from doing sth. 如下句：

She can't keep him from spending a lot of money in shopping. (she keeps and he spends)

回到这道题，是"（藏宝的人）to keep"，而"being stolen"的是"a chalice"，主语不同，就不能再用keep from/avoid doing sth，而用keep it from使being stolen的逻辑主语变成a chalice才对了。

总结：当遇到“v.+prep.+ doing”或 “v.+doing”时，先看v.和doing的逻辑主语是否一致，如果不一致，必须补宾语，不能假设读者能在上下文中找到v.和doing的各自的逻辑主语。

BTW，to be kept from不对，因为虽然这样a chalice可看成be kept from的逻辑主语，但并没有解决上述的双逻辑主语问题。同样的原因：The person buried a chalice to keep from being stolen by invaders.也是错的，虽然bury和keep的施动者一致。

多年以后看到这些，还很受折服和感动！CD每天都会有感动！