求助大全第89题

ceciliazlh

89.Although Ms. Bakara had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other Black people, she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree with her.
(A) do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree
(B) speak on this one occasion since she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would have agreed
(C) so speak on this one occasion due to her firmly believing that many minority people, even most, would likely agree
(D) do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, if not most, would agree
(E) do so on this one occasion since she firmly believed many minority people, and even most, would likely agree

这道题的答案为什么是D而不是A？我感觉D虽然没有语法错误，但是改变了原句的意思，原句的意思是“有可能是大多数”，D的意思是“如果不是大多数”，有谁能帮我解答一下这个疑问吗？

毛毛carina

likely既可以是形容词，也可以是副词，所以我觉得这里有歧义， 不知道它到底是修饰前面的 minority people，还是修饰后面的动作agree~~~

ceciliazlh

谢谢，这回我明白了

宫小明

顶起来。

我也同觉得D改变了句意， 难道歧义比改变句意更严重么？

HyeHye

"likely most" 中的likely 应该修饰most吧？likely most 没有这种用法的吧?! 一般只有most likely说法。仅供参考。也希望有nn 指教

likely既可以是形容词，也可以是副词，所以我觉得这里有歧义， 不知道它到底是修饰前面的 minority people，还是修饰后面的动作agree~~~

-- by 会员 毛毛carina (2011/3/28 13:41:25)