再问prep1-183

lorrain_cc

Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends

我想问C中,they have been后面如果补出V的话,应该是补expect???然后这个they指的是automakers??

但如果是B的话,没理由前面是automakers主动去set,后面就是被动了吧??是这样么??

谢谢NN们了~

aeoluseros

选C吗?
其他几个错误还是挺大的...
umm...they have been后面不用补任何动词，been就是动词了，与前面的be more conservative里面的be遥相呼应。有more...than结构的限定，必然they have been不会跑去跟several industry analysts expect并列。they是指automakers.
B的错误在于been没有并列对象，要用也用done，而且done可以省略，直接用than they have.
但是从逻辑上讲，用状态be比用动作set要好，当然这要根据语感来体会了。

lorrain_cc

谢谢斑斑~~~
A和B的助动词都补得不对~~~

Boot

嗯，说的很清楚。
这题应该是C
AB的were和have been无法还原省略的部分，DE的expect sb. that结构错

泾渭不凡

选C吗?
其他几个错误还是挺大的...
umm...they have been后面不用补任何动词，been就是动词了，与前面的be more conservative里面的be遥相呼应。有more...than结构的限定，必然they have been不会跑去跟several industry analysts expect并列。they是指automakers.
B的错误在于been没有并列对象，要用也用done，而且done可以省略，直接用than they have.
但是从逻辑上讲，用状态be比用动作set要好，当然这要根据语感来体会了。

-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2009/11/24 6:34:57)