GWD10-8

jackylin76

Q8:
Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because
it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal with all other pollutants.
A. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s
ability to deal
B. an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s
capability of dealing
C. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the
respiratory system in dealing
D. a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory
system to deal
E. a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s
ability to deal

此题有两个疑问1.especially和specially做为副词修饰serious有什么区别?

                      2.关于respiratory system’s ability和ablility of respiratory system 两种表达法有什么区别？

请NN指教,谢谢!

rt316

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jackylin76

非常感谢！

shuoshuqi

虽然这里especially is better than specially

但是这也只是effective 的问题，那A的respiratory system's也不好啊，不是说‘S只能是人

吗，如果是system,不是用 of结构更好吗？

sunshining

Can any NN explain the difference between 'capability, ability, able, capable'

What's their formal and correct usage?

3x

seekmydream

GWD10-8

Q8:
Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because
it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal with all other pollutants.
A. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s
ability to deal
B. an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s
capability of dealing
C. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the
respiratory system in dealing
D. a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory
system to deal
E. a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s
ability to deal

此题有两个疑问1.especially和specially做为副词修饰serious有什么区别?
                      2.关于respiratory system’s ability和ablility of respiratory system 两种表达法有什么区别？
请NN指教,谢谢!

该题语法点有2:

1.especially 和specially 的区别, 比较微妙,除非没有其他大的分歧才使用. 已有NN解释过.

2 able 和 capable 的用法:

   *作形容词: be able to do sth

                    be capable of doing sth

   *作名词    ability to do sth   --->sb's ability to do sth   or    ability of sb/sth to do sth

                   capability of doing sth ---> sb's capability of doing sth    or capability of sb/sth of doing sth

仅凭第二点就可以排除C和D. 因此选A.

liu_9000

According Longman:

capability to do something
example:  Does the company have the capability to change to meet market needs?

But I also found the usage of "capabilities in doing" in Kingsoft CiBa 2003

example: The boy has great capabilities in long-distance running

According to LZM, "ability" is preferable to "capability", but he didn't tell his ground.

greeley

But I don't think " system's ability" is the right expression.and I take it for wrong at first sight.

legendbird

                   capability of doing sth ---> sb's capability of doing sth    or capability of sb/sth of doing sth

仅凭第二点就可以排除C和D. 因此选A.

那个capability of doing sth的出处在哪里啊?我只有金山词霸,它用capability in doing sth.

whoami2

好像没人考虑C啊，请牛牛们指教，c有什么明显错误啊？