求教 prep08 176 事态问题

fleur0323

176.For at least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was the      most admired painter in Italy.
A. For at least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was
B. For at least two decades before the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he had been
C. For at least two decades or more before the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's dying in 1770, he had been
D. When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, for at least two decades previously he was
E. When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, having been for at least two decades before that

key：B
manhattan上讲 若有明显表明先后顺序的词出现 直接用过去式 不用过去完成时
这道题B项已经有before了 为什么要用过去完成时 而且过去式是错的？
请教啊请教~ 谢谢

金暮蝉

不要太死板地看待语法，即便是过去完成时，也要从意思上出发。可以看出For at least two decades 是完成时的标志，如果这件事是发生在今天，你会不会用现在完成时呢？既然现在会用，那么往前推一个时间，用过去完成时也是对的。before后面的一长串内容，是修饰前面的decades的。

fleur0323

金暮蝉 发表于 2014-4-8 17:48
不要太死板地看待语法，即便是过去完成时，也要从意思上出发。可以看出For at least two decades 是完成时 ...

貌似 有点理解了 应该是做的题太少吧 再多做些好好理解下 谢谢啊~

boalgmat

用完成时态没有特定的时间标志：主要原则就是时间相对比较。
你想想  died与 had been admired 是不是有明显先后性 即 admire早于died 所以  过去的过去 就是过去完成时态

fleur0323

boalgmat 发表于 2014-4-8 20:55
用完成时态没有特定的时间标志：主要原则就是时间相对比较。
你想想  died与 had been admired 是不是有明 ...

是啊 看来有时候不能想太复杂 还是逻辑优先 谢谢 ~