GWD-4-4 争议解决

kevintown

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

 

A.      as

B.       than

C.      that

D.      of what

E.       at which
        

答案应该D    A is being sold for 3 times the price of what maker charges for another

老外们说这是很常见的习惯用法，脱口而出……晕

ETS最爱的NY times，几乎一样的用法：

We're one of 22 states where the company sees a demand for its product: coffee at about six times the price of what it costs to make it at home.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E3DA1030F934A15753C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

Even if I did want to pay 75 times the price of what I can get it for, nearly everywhere, there simply is no source for the real deal. It is nowhere to be had here.

http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/02/09/the-inq-goes-on-the-trail-of-chinese-pirates

We did not pay ten times the price of what
                the previous van was bought for.

I see Tibetan carpets being sold over here for five to six times the price of what you can buy them for in Katmandu.

Sharp is probably 5 times the price of what Vizio will be.

 Although this Hello Kitty guitar is about four times the price of what I'd actually want to pay for it

risen to 3 times the price of what is was before Iraq was Invaded.

kevintown

charge a xxx price for sth

kevintown

usatoday

The rooms that are available are going for five times the price of what they are worth."

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-01-29-super-bowl-super-expenses_N.htm

AlienX

NYTimes and USAToday 不一定對...Grammar Desk Reference上有些examples指出NYTimes and USAToday上的錯...

夜凉如水

嗯，谢谢。

不对 我在那里也找到了这样一句话

Once at the pharmacy, though, they get a dose of cold reality: Merck is selling Propecia for three times the price, per milligram, that it charges for ...

January 20, 1998 - By DAVID J. MORROW

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE2DC1038F933A15752C0A96E958260&scp=3&sq=three%20times%20the%20price,%20per%20milligram&st=cse

请指教。

deedeexoxo

主要要看谁最正确。 as作为比较时前面应该也有as.  as much as. as ... as

than 前面要有more/less/fewer/lower

that根本就不对。

at which 根本就不对

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

A.      as

B.       than

C.      that

D.      of what

E.       at which
  

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-7-24 16:32:53编辑过]

MEdmond

为什么at which根本就不对呢

黄公子

白勇语法上有说到一个固定搭配: twice+what丛句

dingxiang

以下是引用夜凉如水在2008-7-24 15:24:00的发言：

嗯，谢谢。

不对 我在那里也找到了这样一句话

Once at the pharmacy, though, they get a dose of cold reality: Merck is selling Propecia for three times the price, per milligram, that it charges for ...

January 20, 1998 - By DAVID J. MORROW

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE2DC1038F933A15752C0A96E958260&scp=3&sq=three%20times%20the%20price,%20per%20milligram&st=cse

请指教。

貌似这句话跟贴近题目啊， 所以我还是赞成C

dingxiang

在没有找到一模一样的原文前，说这道题目争议解决貌似有点草率

不过还是佩服楼主的搜索功力

加油

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-7-28 9:34:52编辑过]