[求助]885 SecE-23

vivianwsp198

我知道MOB的意思了，在这里他作为一个VERB，表示围住：聚集在一起的和拥挤或气愤的人群，尤其是气愤地或极端热情地：To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm:

demon_hunter

以下是引用colacat在2005-2-6 9:23:00的发言：

who 修饰的是beggars, 不是vendors

vendor是自动售卖机，就是路边那个大箱子，都见过吧。

还有，关于wave作为名词的解释是

n 1: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) [syn: moving ridge]

2: a movement like that of an ocean wave; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"

3: (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth [syn: undulation]

4: something that rises rapidly; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right" ---这句中，显然是这个意思。

5: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn: waving, wafture]

6: a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

7: an undulating curve [syn: undulation]

8: a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

9: a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch [syn: Wave]

Thanks for the explanation.

Howeverm there is a fault I would like to point out.

Vendor应该是指路边的那种兜售东西的小贩。就像北京秀水街外面，上海襄阳路外面兜售皮包和手表的小贩。

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demon_hunter

以下是引用hitler999在2005-6-21 19:54:00的发言：

有两点不同意，第一，vendors指小商贩而不是自动售货机（美国也没有一建国就有自动售货机啊），第二，who修饰的是 vendors and beggars，而不是children。

Totally agree

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demon_hunter

以下是引用jjll在2005-9-30 20:34:00的发言：

精辟！

谓语和宾语无所谓主谓一致，所以可以是a phenomenon ... is waves of ...

(A)中的phenomena也是错的。

All the students each have a bright future.

为什么不说

All the students each have bright future.

为什么宾语要用单数？请NN指点。

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jessicafan

不理解为什么这里可以用 many of them children

我不能确定这是不是独立主格

独立主格不是应该

名词(代词)+现在分词、过去分词；
名词(代词)+形容词；
名词(代词)+副词；
名词(代词)+不定式；
名词(代词) +介词短语构成。　

似乎没有 名词+名词

请教NN，3Q

fengyun1

我的理解：

vendor 应该还是小贩的意思，自动贩卖机在美国是vending machine。

vendors and beggars，小贩和乞丐，非常对称。

many of them children，是插入语，who修饰vendors and beggars。

choice C : A new phenomenon （visible at Managua’s major intersections） is waves of vendors and beggars, {many of them children}, who mob cars at the stoplights.

同意

我知道MOB的意思了，在这里他作为一个VERB，表示围住：聚集在一起的和拥挤或气愤的人群，尤其是气愤地或极端热情地：To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm:

rebeccashally

看到帖子，我想请教：phenomenon和phenomena有何区别？

CD用户174382

只存在主谓搭配，主语同位语、同位语谓语、还有谓语和宾语是没有搭配关系的，所以is waves没有错

CareWu

以下是引用rebeccashally在2006-10-13 23:55:00的发言：

看到帖子，我想请教：phenomenon和phenomena有何区别？

Phenomenon 是这个名词唯一的单数形式； phenomena 是常用的复数形式。 Phenomenons 在非科技性的文章也可当作复数使用， 其意思是：“不寻常的事或人”：
They were phenomenons in the history of music.

xiaoy791

以下是引用qsrlw在2004-12-9 5:34:00的发言：
---------(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who           [mob cars at the stoplights]

STONEREN:  "4－which include many clildren and mob cars at the stoplights，定从（原文意图）修饰前置名词vendors and beggars；A的错误在2部分（定从n, + which be + a.一般情况下可以被a. + n.替代【注：除了逻辑或平行结构需要】）；3部分主谓一致；4部分which定从的指代不明确，不如C中用同位语+明确定从who好。"

Thank Stoneren for your explanation. But I still do not understand the last part of C. When I put it in the sentence.I am confused by " many of them children,who"   how to connect  [ mob cars at the stoplights.  In meantime, what's the meaning about " many of them children",bty, could u please tell me the relationship between them and children?  Thank you very much

Because one sentence can have only one subject. It  sounds like properer to add a "are" in "many of them children,who". But if thus,the sentence would have double subjects.One is "A new phenomenon" and another is "many of them ". Therefore,"many of them " is used for modifier. It equals "many of which are". The subordinate clause inducted by who decorates children.