PREP的一道题，题干意思看不太懂，请帮忙解释一下

mmddjj

The recent decline in the value of the dollar was triggered by a prediction of slower economic growth in the coming year.  But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit, which must therefore be decreased to prevent future currency declines.

 

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about how to prevent future currency declines?

 

(A) The government has made little attempt to reduce the budget deficit.

(B) The budget deficit has not caused a slowdown in economic growth.

(C) The value of the dollar declined several times in the year prior to the recent prediction of slower economic growth.

(D) Before there was a large budget deficit, predictions of slower economic growth frequently caused declines in the dollar's value.

(E) When there is a large budget deficit, other events in addition to predictions of slower economic growth sometimes trigger declines in currency value.

这道题是说减缓来年经济增长的预言会引起当前的美元贬值，但是这种预言只会影响属于预算赤字的美元，因此为了阻止未来货币流下降预算赤字必然会下降，对吗？

不是很理解the dollar had  not been for the government's huge budget deficit

各位大侠是怎么理解这道题的，请指点一下，谢谢！

mmddjj

But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit

刚才理解有误，它是说预言不会反过来影响政府巨大的预算赤字，对吗？

mmddjj

都看晕了还是不明白，怀疑我的EQ....

bemyselfch

MM EQ没问题。这个句子是不好理解。

 But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit就是这句在作怪。

这句话整体上是一个大倒装加小倒装结构。

一个原本由if引导的条件状语从句，将主句倒装至if从句之前，即将主句that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar 提前；而后半部分又对 条件从句的引导词if进行了省略,同时进行倒装。即：由if it had not been for the government's huge budget deficit变成了had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit。

同样的例子还可以参看《杨鹏难句》GRE部分58句，完全一样的结构。

就是这样的。

虽然看到这个帖子晚了点，也可能MM已经考完了不一定能帮得到MM了，但还是写出来方便后人参考。

rock19840717

非真条件状语从句，其他LS讲了很详细了，我做的时候也做错了，LZ再理解下就好，这个语法点经常考XXXXX had would notXXXXX就是这种