prep一题~请教~

lhnstefsun

The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

(A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and

(B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the

(C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the

(D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

(E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and

谁能帮我分析一下这个句型，非限定从from which 后面怎么能没有助于呢？

vinbobo

abcd 都是“from which”
所以which不可能是从句的主语或者宾语

那么derive（暂且算我们不知道这个词主动被动怎么用）发生着肯定是both ^and^那个东西
所以肯定是复数用法，AD，杀
B从句没有谓语，杀
Eand前后不平行，杀

至于C，还原后就是“both the northern and the…… derive from which" 是一个倒装结构

jameshzd

这是一个全部倒装句，which 指代的是the Aramaic script， 主语就是 both northern and southern Indian alphabets. 还原句子是： both northern and southern Indian alphabets derive from the Aramaic script。 注意 derive 是复数形式，是根据后面的 主语both northern and southern Indian alphabets  来判断。

Lusiazh1989

这是一个全部倒装句，which 指代的是the Aramaic script， 主语就是 both northern and southern Indian alphabets. 还原句子是： both northern and southern Indian alphabets derive from the Aramaic script。 注意 derive 是复数形式，是根据后面的 主语both northern and southern Indian alphabets  来判断。

-- by 会员 jameshzd (2011/7/8 10:19:19)

我开始也这么想的。我想还原句子的时候，那个原句中的was不知道怎么放。。。

Lusiazh1989

啊。。我明白了。。我看错句子了。。。抱歉。。捣乱了。。

lhnstefsun

明白了，谢谢~~

nemiah

我理解还有一个考点：derive可以作及物和不及物，而两者意思不同。从原句看的意思应该是both northern and southern indian alphabet derive from，表示‘起源于“。而用及物，即表示追溯，得到的意思，就与原意不符。