to ask for something very firmly, especially because you think you have a right to do this Angry demonstrators demanded the resignation of two senior officials. demand to know/see/have etc somethingI demand to know what's going on.
demand that They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners.
if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully Too many things demanded his attention at the same time. It's a desperate situation demanding a desperate remedy.
142. In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to
果选项A中的should去掉的话,下面三种限定性修饰有什么区别呢?
1. thousands of irate consumers demanding that
2. thousands of irate consumers with the demand that
2. thousands of irate consumers with the demand that
3. thousands of irate consumers who demanded that
个人意见,1和3的demanding...与who demanded....区别在于demanding表示一种多次重复的动作限定修饰,另在本题中与主句的 in July 1985 yielded的时态冲突。2的with the demand that除了有wordy问题(一位NN的意思),with...的限定修饰我认为属于1和3的折衷,避免了demanding的时态问题,但是也没有3的表达清晰。