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blizzardme

20.    Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.
(A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(B) in healing physical and mental ills and to thank her for helping
(C) in healing physical and mental ills, and thanking her for helping
(D) to heal physical and mental ills or to thank her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help

why not E?
asking ...aid in doing / asking...aid to do -------what's the difference？

solome

ask sb to do sth, 原文是sb's aid

bluestone1

窃以为另有一点

A 中 thinking 与 healing 还是 asking 并列 不清晰，意思模糊

E 比较清晰

solome

很清晰的比较，either...or...

smartj

我怎么觉得(A)是正确的？

bluestone1

以下是引用solome在2003-12-4 10:55:00的发言：
很清晰的比较，either...or...

同意，但我感觉 A 选项 还是 相对容易引起误解

另 我觉得   ask sb to do sth 与 ask sb' aid to do sth 是不同的
在前者 sb 是 do sth 的执行者，而 在后者则不然

且在网上search的结果，用ask sb's aid in doing 的 比用 asb sb's aid to do sth 的还多些，也不知 ETS 是如何考虑的

flowerrainn

？？？？？？？？？

这题的答案不就是A吗？到底是什么？

robertchu

Yes, A is right :-)

eSpirit

以下是引用bluestone1在2003-12-4 11:29:00的发言：

且在网上search的结果，用ask sb's aid in doing 的 比用 asb sb's aid to do sth 的还多些，也不知 ETS 是如何考虑的

那到底应该是用ask somebody's aid in doing something还是ask somebody's aid to do something?

esw0350

谁能帮忙回答一下，ask somebody's aid to do sth 哪里有错啊。