老prep sc1 16

miffyhui

16. (25451-!-item-!-188;#058&001942)

In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and
figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth
of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting
(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests
(C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests
(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting  

这里的which指代什么？谢谢

lijiazhou

16. (25451-!-item-!-188;#058&001942)

In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and
figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth
of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting
(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests
(C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests
(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting  

这里的which指代什么？谢谢

-- by 会员 miffyhui (2012/3/15 14:27:28)

楼主好赞哇，当初看直接选选项，后面都没瞅。。搜到一个解释，觉得很不错，供楼主参考，which应该指的是influences


not least of which
（转）not the least of is a phrase used when you are giving an important reason for something, or an important example of something.

Here are some examples for this phrase:

There were several reasons for dismissing him from his post．not the least of which was his neglect of duty.

There are many drawbacks to the use of conventional shrink films, not the least of which is corrosion.
when giving many examples or reasons it means not the least important but not necessarily the most important

本题中：
her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage

OF WHICH这里表示的意思是“不仅是她的非洲传统的继承和传承（她的影响的范围和深度还包括了hyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and images borrowed from ancient classicism）”WHICH这里是个关系代词，指代上文中的influences。


还有一种说法：

when giving many examples or reasons it means not the least important but not necessarily the most important

egesert has its problems,not the least of which is obtaining water.

OF WHICH这里表示的意思是“其中，取水的问题还不是最严重的。”WHICH这里是个关系代词，指代上文中的PROBLEMS

本题倾向于第一种说法。

miffyhui

那这里which后面的is单数形式是由her African heritage决定的吗？

lijiazhou

恩，可以这么认为，但是觉得意思是在某某中最xx的不是一般都用单数咩？

miffyhui

恩！谢啦~~