OG224

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224. Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.

(A)  in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than

(B)  isolated from contact with Europeans longer than

(C)  in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were

(D)
                                        isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were

(E)  in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than

答案选对的，但看E的解释时我没看懂，那位高人能给小弟解答一下

      The awkward phrasing of E further distorts the sense of the sentence: because with cannot idiomatically serve as the preposition for in isolation, the sentence suggests that the Bering Sea Inuits were totally isolated.

 

easttiger

E的结构要求with同时跟"in isolation"和"without contacts"两个phrase。但是in isolation with Europeans不idiomatic，因为这个到底是isolated from Europeans还是和Europeans一起被隔绝分不清楚，所以说这个不idiomatic。