OG12 SC7中的一个小问题

jefferson911

7.    As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

(A)    they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B)    they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C)    that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D)    it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E)    it would in the past have conceded to rivals

C选项中解释“the passive-voice construction in this context is weak and ambiguous"
一般情况下主动优于被动，这点我知道，但是这里的被动语态为什么会ambiguous呢？

sandychen168

去掉修饰成分变成

that would have been conceded to rivals

没有强调动作的施与者，不知道是谁让的，有可能是别的公司

jefferson911

去掉修饰成分变成

that would have been conceded to rivals

没有强调动作的施与者，不知道是谁让的，有可能是别的公司

-- by 会员 sandychen168 (2011/9/17 17:12:27)

那是不是补出by...就可以把歧义消除？

sandychen168

补出了by虽然能让句子歧义减少，但就redundant了

jefferson911

受教了，感激不尽，谢谢！