[求助]OG11 RC Questions 89

pigscanfly

文章第一段如下：
In 1955 Maurice Duverger published The Political Role of
Women, the first behavioralist, multinational comparison of women's
electoral participation ever to use election data and survey data
together. His study analyzed women's patterns of voting, political
candidacy, and political activism in four European countries during the
first half of the twentieth century. Duverger's
research findings were that women voted somewhat less frequently than
men ( the difference narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were
slightly more conservative.

Q89. The passage implies
that, in comparing four European countries, Duverger found that the
voting rates of women and men were most different in the country in
which women
A. were most politically active
B. ran for office most often
C. held the most conservative political views
D. had the most egalitarian relations with men
E. had possessed the right to vote for the shortest time

答案选E.（根据排除，我最终选的是E, 但是说实话我并不清楚，只是凭感觉。）

正
如OG解释里说的，The comparison of voting rates is discussed at the end of the
first paragraph （如以上红色部分）and forms the basis for the required
inference. 
不是很理解“Duverger's research findings were
that women voted somewhat less frequently than men ( the difference
narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were slightly more
conservative.” 这句话，尤其是括号里的部分。看了解释也不太明白。
请各位帮忙解释一下。谢谢！

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pigscanfly

请大家帮忙看一下吧！谢谢！

zjflora

OG

E.D found that the frequency of voting was related to the length of time women had possessed the right to vote......

long here refers  the length of time.

pigscanfly

谢谢zjflora！
是不是说“Duverger's research findings were
that women voted somewhat less frequently than men ( the difference
narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were slightly more
conservative.”  这句话的意思是研究结果表明女性投票频率比男性低（由于女性拥有投票权的时间久缩短了男女之间投票频率差距） 另外女性投票更为保守。
我的理解对吗？

飞跃Pacific

我这道题也有疑问

( the difference narrowing the longer women had the vote)

这句怎么断句？narrow 在这里是指缩短吗？

投票频率低=参与投票时间少？

pigscanfly

请NN帮助解释一下，想要个明确的理解。。。谢谢！

dreamermm

After studying 4 different European countries, Duverger found that women voted somewhat less frequently than men.  

And the difference on frequency was getting smaller (narrowing) with the length of period when women started the political participation.  

妇女拥有投票权的时间越长, 则她们投票的频率与男生的差距越小.

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pigscanfly

谢谢ls,和我的理解一样我就踏实了。

danielzh_sg

以下是引用pigscanfly在2007-9-23 22:09:00的发言：
谢谢zjflora！
是不是说“Duverger's research findings were
that women voted somewhat less frequently than men ( the difference
narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were slightly more
conservative.”  这句话的意思是研究结果表明女性投票频率比男性低（由于女性拥有投票权的时间久缩短了男女之间投票频率差距） 另外女性投票更为保守。
我的理解对吗？

conservative 的主语是findings还是别的？我的理解应该是findings，表明作者的负评价，不知对否？

pigscanfly

"women voted somewhat less frequently than men ( the difference
narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were slightly more
conservative."
conservative 的主语是women,若是findings,则应该写成：
“Duverger's research findings were
that women voted somewhat less frequently than men ( the difference
narrowing the longer women had the vote) and that were slightly more
conservative.” 要对称，所以加that~

我是这么理解的.