For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
(A) a method to protect
(B) as a method protecting
(C) protecting
(D) as a protection of
(E) to protect 答案我想是分词作目的状语,但是不会造成修饰animal-hide的歧义吗?此外,E选项to也可以表示目的,og解释为不能作为限制性形容词短语修饰items,不明白,求助大家~~
For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
(A) a method to protect
(B) as a method protecting
(C) protecting
(D) as a protection of
(E) to protect 答案我想是分词作目的状语,但是不会造成修饰animal-hide的歧义吗?此外,E选项to也可以表示目的,og解释为不能作为限制性形容词短语修饰items,不明白,求助大家~~
-- by 会员 tq0a4bvc (2009/10/16 19:26:00)
Og讲的很清楚,the underlined part begins a phrase describing items of military equipment,是作定语