the nephew of Pliny the Elder OG256

jonahyn

256. The nephew of Pliny the Elder
wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in
two letters to the historian Tacitus.

    

(A)
The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the
great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

    

(B)
To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two
letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of
Vesuvius.

    

(C) The
only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the
Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption
of Vesuvius.

    

(D)
Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted
for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian
Tacitus.（E）

    

(E)
In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder
wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

    这道题里对于the nephew of Pliny the Elder的结构很困惑，the Elder据查是形容词，有NN对这一用法再详解一下吗，感激！

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alohabrian

Pliny the Elder，首先the Elder做Pliny的同位语。

其次 the Elder是一个名词结构，由the : 前置限定冠词+ Elder：形容词 构成。

以上。

dingshuaijun

Pliny the Elder 是一个人名

jonahyn

此处的确是一个人名，同时我也发现网上有Pliny the younger这个人的记录。这类人似乎主要是古罗马的人名，下次见怪不怪就好了。如果理解为同位语确实有些说不通。

BASSI

那这题的各个选项都怎么对了，又怎么错了啊。

liuzhenmiao

看了OG上对于A的解释我很想骂娘~~它说A选项表明维苏威火山在两封信里喷发~~坑爹呐，到这题就不管什么常识原则啦？冷静一下看看，E选项最像人话，选了吧~~~~

yolanda9125

OG对A的解释我也表示无语,回答一下ls的ls:
（B）being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius 主语是The nephew of Pliny the Elder，不合逻辑；（D）account for 是固定词组，意思就变成Pliny the elder‘s nephew 是the great eruption of Vesuvius的 原因，不合逻辑；（C）句子开头就应该讲清楚the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius;至于（A）我还是无法认同OG的解释，我也不知道为什么就错了，等哪位nn来补充吧。。

haosir1234

in two letters 有歧义，具体说不出来。

xueluanfei

不得不顶，我也觉得OG A 的解释去你妹的！！！

In引导的介词短语岂不是都容易有歧义了？看来以后做题要小心
感觉verbal 上的题都很极品啊哈做一道坑一道

bacchos

同求大神解答。。。。