GWD16的一道语法题3

qinyitian

Q18:答案是E, 但是不明白的是 the merger of the nation's leading gas and leading electric company中，为什么merger是单数不是复数呢？而且这句子最开头都说了most other mergers……请牛人解释下。实在不好意思这套题改错错了仨，而且三道看了答案也还不理解，麻烦大家了！

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

 

1. and  electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening
2. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
3. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening
4. company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening

E.company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

qinyitian

没人回答啊，我再顶一下！

月下无泪

同问，有人回答一下吗

aaati

和其它的并购案（们）...不同的是，...这个（油气和电力公司的）并购案是为了...

一项并购案，the merger，是单数；

其它的并购案（们），most other mergers,就复数了吧。

pipopipo0939

主句的主语是the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company

中心词是merger，你说的most of mergers 是unlike从属部分里面的成分吧，句子的谓语当然要跟着主语走，lz当时做的时候没看清楚吧

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goafterdream

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

这句话的意思是，与其他那些设施工业的并购者们不同，那些人受到积蓄更多的钱和扩大公司服务领域的目的驱使。国家的最大的汽油和最大的电力公司的并购旨在于给那些存在问题的设施建立一个庞大的市场联系，正如国家开放这些设施市场鼓励竞争一样。

不确定utility应该翻译成什么，感觉这句话大体的意思是这样的。

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