OG11-133

filman

Although the term "psychopath" is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently inca­pable of feeling compassion or the pangs.

of conscience.
   

(A) it is someone who is
   

(B) it is a person
   

(C) they are people who are
   

(D) it refers to someone who is

(E) it is in reference to people

本题选D没有异议。

问题是为什么选项中的it一定指代the term呢？而不能是criminal呢？(OG11原文In this sentence, the pronoun it refers back to the term...）

从句意的角度理解it显然指代term更合理，但是从语法角度应该如何解释呢？谢谢！

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-24 20:10:00编辑过]

filman

自己顶一下。

well4eva

指代优先顺序

主句主语〉主句宾语〉从句主语〉从句宾语

不涉及其他修饰成分的指代。

这个只是读题方法，不是做题方法。

phyroc

顶well4eva