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rt316

C后部的结构不平行；as simple as改变句意。

robertchu

谢谢stoneren提醒！

我改投E :-)

理由如下："... is not so much ... but ..." 仍然是基本结构。

D: "... is not so much an ... but it is a ..." 措。C 有stoneren指出的后部的结构不平行问题。只剩下E " ... is not so much an ... but symptomatic of ..." 可以接受。E的后面部分也算平行。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-15 7:37:25编辑过]

juan

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

1. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications
   
   
2. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications
   
   
3. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction
   
   
4. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction
   
   
5. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

I stick to A.

之所以大家不接受A是因为觉得逻辑意思不合理。我想了想，还是觉得合理。

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.
大部分的失眠与其说是一种病或身体状况，不如说是一种其他问题（就是除了前面所提到的illness & a physical condition）的症状(或者说是表现).而这些其他问题的表现可能是对某些治疗的反应---就是说人对某些治疗的反应是表现为失眠，对旅游的忧虑----因为担心旅游所有引起失眠，或者是对工作面试的紧张 ---因为紧张面试所以失眠。

我觉得这没什么逻辑问题呀。

请指教。谢谢。

robertchu

“not so much ... but ..." is more idiomatic.  :-)

rt316

To juan

At 1st, insomnia = a symptom.

At 2nd, even 'reaction' is not very clear in the meaning in this sentence, we can use 'anxiety' and 'stress' to let us understand; we can say: anxiety/stress causes insomnia, but cannot say: anxiety/stress is insomnia, right? I support your explanation that '对旅游的忧虑----因为担心旅游所有引起失眠，或者是对工作面试的紧张 ---因为紧张面试所以失眠'

At 3nd, so, we can say: anxiety/stress causes symptom, but cannot say: anxiety/stress is symptom.

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kingsoft

   我认为逻辑上应该是a reaction to A, B, or C

   E我觉得不好，逗号后面加maybe，象run-on sentence，而且E用but symptomatic of another problem对称的也不如A好，怎么看都不对

  我选A，我认为that修饰problem，意思是：另一种问题的症状，这种问题是对。。。的反应（对。。。的反映的症状）很符合逻辑！！

  

rt316

以下是引用kingsoft在2004-6-13 10:26:00的发言：
   我认为逻辑上应该是a reaction to A, B, or C

   E我觉得不好，逗号后面加maybe，象run-on sentence，而且E用but symptomatic of another problem对称的也不如A好，怎么看都不对

  我选A，我认为that修饰problem，意思是：另一种问题的症状，这种问题是对。。。的反应（对。。。的反映的症状）很符合逻辑！！

  

yes, 'maybe' is not good, if it can be changed to 'may be', the sentence will be better.

Perhaps, the mistake is from typing only. Haha, perhaps.

kingsoft

   不，stoneren兄，我觉得如果是用may  be的话，那么E肯定错！！！

   逗号后面直接加may  be必然是run-on

   但是现在这个句子maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

   这里的maybe在口语中很常用，理解的时候maybe可以省略，就是simply a reaction to certain medications,作为一个修饰成分

    如果这样理解，结构上是可行的，但是意思上不如A好，我觉得that就是修饰problem，很对，请指点一下

rt316

以下是引用kingsoft在2004-6-13 10:50:00的发言：

   不，stoneren兄，我觉得如果是用may  be的话，那么E肯定错！！！

   逗号后面直接加may  be必然是run-on

   但是现在这个句子maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

   这里的maybe在口语中很常用，理解的时候maybe可以省略，就是simply a reaction to certain medications,作为一个修饰成分

    如果这样理解，结构上是可行的，但是意思上不如A好，我觉得that就是修饰problem，很对，请指点一下

haha, 我犯了好愚蠢的错误。谢谢kingsoft. 这里只能出现一个副词。

再次感谢。

tianwan

A的问题1是that不知道修饰problem或中心词symptom，2是如果修饰problem意思错，3是限制性修饰不恰当。

E就是解决了修饰歧义，而且不用限制性修饰。

意思上的对称比形式上的对称更重要，OG204partly to和partly because已经清楚地说明了这一点。

GMAT考试，意思的合理性永远是第一位的。