OG 13 SC第六题 请教 only 的用法

YuukiChan

6．Diabetes, togetherwith its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause ofdeath, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer.

(A) ranks as the nation's thirdleading cause of death, surpassed only

(B) rank as the nation's thirdleading cause of death, only surpassed ,

(C) has the rank of thenation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed

(D) are the nation's thirdleading causes of death, surpassed only

(E) have been ranked as thenation's third leading causes of death, only surpassed

首先，Diabetes 是单复数同行。可以通过“its serious”来判断，这里应用单数。Ranks 正确。排除have 和 are 还有rank。 只剩下 A和C了。A和C的区别在于 only 的位置。。 可还是不明白 only为麻要在surpass后面。

请教下， 这里 only的用法。 谢谢 了

honghegu

露珠要强调谁就把only放在谁前面。
这题强调by...

kiwifoodtown

A, only 修饰 heart disease and cancer，

C，only 修饰surpassed