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bluewindow2008

204. In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.

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  (A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics


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  (B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers


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  (C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics


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  (D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers


• (E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers

其中的解释：

D awkwardly and illogically shifts to the passive voice: certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers;) the steers, however, are not agents in the acquisition.

是什么意思啊？“steers”在这里是不是小牛的意思啊？

谢谢啦

LES

steer [countable]
a young male cow whose sex organs have been removed
ￚsee also bullock, heifer

bluewindow2008

呵呵，这样的啊，手边刚好没有字典，有用拨号上网。斑竹别见怪啊！

Lucky0506

what?  then how can a steer have cross-breeding function?

薰衣紫草

不是很清楚楼上的问题.

Lucky0506

以下是引用LES在2005-1-24 22:12:00的发言：
steer [countable]
a young male cow whose sex organs have been removed
ￚsee also bullock, heifer

From my understanding of the above definition.  Steer has no the ability to breed.  If so, then how would someone do cross-breeding "to acquire certain characteristics in their steers"?  

Paradox I am confused about between

(1)Steer whose sex organs are removed;

(2) Cross-breeding.

Thanks!

薰衣紫草

楼上的问题实在太专业了...

从句意理解, crossbreeding也可以是steer的父母之间发生, 从而在steer身上有certain charateristics.

wingkim

以下是引用薰衣紫草在2005-6-14 12:55:00的发言：

楼上的问题实在太专业了...

从句意理解, crossbreeding也可以是steer的父母之间发生, 从而在steer身上有certain charateristics.

同意。

另外a young male cow whose sex organs have been removed，就是说阉了的小公牛，只是没有了性器官，并不妨碍它们有从父母杂交得到的特点。

goodwish

蓝夕叶子

汗，这题目不用研究怎么CROSSBREEDING的吧。。