求教OG12 SC103

pengyayun

103.  Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species
of the world's social wasps, wasps living in a highly
cooperative and organized society where thev consist
almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile
female workers.
(A)    wasps living in a highly cooperative and
       organized society where they consist almost
       entirely of
(B)   wasps that live in a highly cooperative and
       organized society consisting almost entirely of
(C） which means they live in a highly cooperative
       and organized society, almost all
(D)   which means that their society is highly
       cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely
(E)    living in a society that is highly cooperative,
       organized, and it consists of almost all

OG答案上说三个修饰语 cooperative ，  organized， consisting almost entirely of females，做 social wasps的修饰语，而且是一个有效的平行结构，而答案的正确选项解释 consisting properly modifies society. 到底consisting修饰social wasps，还是society。我觉得那三个修饰语都是修饰society的，然后定语从句是修饰social wasps的，不过看过答案觉得很迷惑，而且对这种平行结构也不是清楚
请NN指点

suners

回复 1# pengyayun


个人认为consisting of 修饰的是society。

例如，the society consists of people of all professions。

这里wasps开始，是同位语从句，同位social wasps，来解释他们是怎样一个society。

cooperative and organized society，那么cooperative and organized 当然是修饰society的。

with二

你看得好仔细阿，别管OG怎么说的了，cooperative ，organized，

cosisting。。这三个结构很难用平行的结构表示，还是看逻辑关系，句子结构

和文章意思吧

我用GWD方法翻译一下 解释B为什么正确
Yellow jackets 在世界上900种左右的social wasps中很出众 , wasps(什么样

的呢，定语从句) 生活在cooperative and organized society(什么样的呢，

分次结构)基本上全部由雌性组成。。。。

pengyayun

谢谢 ，有点惭愧，我回复的这么晚，看来按逻辑意思cooperative ，  

organized， consisting almost entirely of females都是修饰society的

liuyinghong

live 和 organized 不是不平行吗
那and是连接那两个结构的呢

vansonkated

个人理解的是and前后连接的是cooperative 和organized哈~~