885 sec14-14

blizzardme

14.    More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest

why not c？what's the difference between A and C ?

yzlinlin

最大的区别在平行，A 平行得很好：cities are stressing .....and investing....

另外，这里to 比of 要准确。

提问别忘了给题干加下划线。

dxwei2008

invest必须跟stressing平行，所以必须使用a选项。
为什么invest要跟stressing平行是由句子的含义确定的，不能光看语法就不看句意了。
应解释为“把艺术视为经济发展的重要途径，并且在文化活动上投资了***”
如果解释为“把艺术视为经济发展和在文化活动上投资***的重要途径”就明显不对了。
主要还是根据意思来确定的。

delldell

请问, method, ways, means 后面究竟是应该跟to, of, 还是for 做定语

delldell

up!!!!!

LES

14.   More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.

(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest（A）
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of

这题错了N遍了，一直也没有明白确切的语法点。
首先，a means to sth.和 a means of sth.，没明白有什么区别？

其次，偶一直选C，是认为现在进行时可以和一般现在时并列的。请参考OG160

160. While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people’s attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.

(A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling
(B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call
(D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling（E）
(E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling

Choice E, the best answer, uses constructions that are parallel to some propose, others suggest..., and still others are calling.... Choices A and B immediately lose the parallel construction, and also produce sentence fragments, by shifting to by suggesting... and by calling.... Choice B starts like choice A and then shifts back to the verb call, losing the parallel with the second part (by suggesting). Choices C and D correctly begin the second part of the parallel by using suggest. Choice C, however, introduces the nonidiomatic for decreasing, which creates some difficulty in meaning. Choice D loses parallel construction in the third part by shifting to by calling.

rhod

我觉得means to表示目的，means of只是表达一种所有关系。不过Longman上也没有means to sth的例句。

关于时态平行的问题，我觉得LES mm举的例子是不同主语和动作的之间的平行，而这道题是同一主语的不同动作的平行。我觉得C的时态不可以接受。

LES

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-20 19:38:00的发言：

关于时态平行的问题，我觉得LES mm举的例子是不同主语和动作的之间的平行，而这道题是同一主语的不同动作的平行。我觉得C的时态不可以接受。

Many thank you, rhod! This point does make sense!

juningw

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-20 19:38:00的发言：

我觉得means to表示目的，means of只是表达一种所有关系。不过Longman上也没有means to sth的例句。

关于时态平行的问题，我觉得LES mm举的例子是不同主语和动作的之间的平行，而这道题是同一主语的不同动作的平行。我觉得C的时态不可以接受。

means of 就是表达目的关系的，可以去查字典。of的用法太多了，并不一定就是表示所有关系的。

另外，关于时态平行，并不是一定需要的，关键在于句意。实际上，如果是A的时态平行，省略了系动词，反而有点不是“立即清晰”，而C就好一些。

A 还是C？

无尾小恶魔

查字典发现，means 后面跟to 和 Of 都是可以的

可以如果是to 的话，后面要接动词；我在字典里并没有查到greater甚至是great做动词的意思

所以觉得还是比较好