OG12 SC48 一个被遗忘的错误点

EMMALIULIU

In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the
Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years until
completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson,
Pope’s contemporary, pronounced the greatest
translation in any language.
(A) his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking
him seven years until completion, and that
literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s
contemporary, pronounced
(B) his translation of the Iliad, a work that took him
seven years to complete and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced
(C) his translation of the Iliad, a work that had taken
seven years to complete and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as
(D) translating the Iliad, a work that took seven
years until completion and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as
(E) translating the Iliad, a work that had taken seven
years to complete and literary critic Samuel
Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it
正确答案B。
对于正确答案我没有疑问，但是在解题过程中我认为选项D中有一个错误，就是“ a work that took seven years......”，work本身怎么可能“花了七年时间干嘛干嘛”，这个在og和论坛上相关帖子里面没有指出来。那是否是错误？还是有这个用法？求指教啊~~~

EMMALIULIU

顶

dittoshining

这里没有错。sth. took （ sb.） some time. 类似的例子有：Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement,the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s fi rst emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete

dittoshining

哦，刚刚说的很有歧义。我错了。。。

其实 a work 的正确修饰应该是 translation of I， 因此这样翻译这项工作花了多少年就没有歧义了。