请问og ---2，6

halcyon

2.    Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size.
(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado’s
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size

我看字典上写 about 表示 “大约” 时候， 为 adv.， 那an area about the size of Colorado
是什么用法呢？

6.    In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it.
(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the. chemical irritant
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant

为什么 og 解释b 的trying that it metabolize ungrammatical。

谢谢

八戒

以下是引用halcyon在2004-1-16 23:41:00的发言：
2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size.
(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado’s
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size

我看字典上写 about 表示 “大约” 时候， 为 adv.， 那an area about the size of Colorado
是什么用法呢？

  

about表示"大约"的时候是做比较!

在比较级中有一种表示方法是:

倍数 + the size (amount/length) of +sth

直接作为比较!

这边直接加入about 就可以了!

但为了保持比较对象的合理性.

所以前面加入an area,(这边是意思是面积)

而如果前后比较对象对等,则不用加入名词,直接用about引导比较就可以了!

比如: OG 132
132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the
United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in

讨论........

halcyon

以下是引用八戒在2004-1-17 11:47:00的发言：

about表示"大约"的时候是做比较!

在比较级中有一种表示方法是:

倍数 + the size (amount/length) of +sth

直接作为比较!

这边直接加入about 就可以了!

但为了保持比较对象的合理性.

所以前面加入an area,(这边是意思是面积)

而如果前后比较对象对等,则不用加入名词,直接用about引导比较就可以了!

比如: OG 132
132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the
United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in

讨论........

谢谢你的回答

如果把2 题的主句改成 the size of ... is 48 million to nearly 59 million, 那么后边直接加上 about the size of Clorado, 可以吗???

八戒

以下是引用halcyon在2004-1-17 17:49:00的发言：

谢谢你的回答

如果把2 题的主句改成 the size of ... is 48 million to nearly 59 million, 那么后边直接加上 about the size of Clorado, 可以吗???

我觉得不行.

about就近修饰,前后比较对象不对等.

讨论............

halcyon

about the size of Clorado

在句子中作什么成分呢？
n。+about the size of Clorado， 肯定是做定语了，
但about the size of Clorado 单独在句尾呢？