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bobchowz

Diabetes, together with its serious complications,
ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
surpassed only by heart disease and cancer.
􀂃 (A) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of
death, surpassed only
􀂃 (B) rank as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
only surpassed
􀂃 (C) has the rank of the nation’s third leading cause
of death, only surpassed
􀂃 (D) are the nation’s third leading causes of death,
surpassed only
􀂃 (E) have been ranked as the nation’s third leading
causes of death, only surpassed
怎么知道ONLY修饰的是 by heart disease and cancer，而不是surpassed呢？
我觉得修饰by heart disease and cancer和surpassed似乎是一样的

hanshipeng

同学，看句意逻辑。
显然不一样，如果修饰的是surpassed, 说明diabetes surpassed

heart disease and cancer
but， 如果修饰的是 heart disease and cancer，那么意思就完全

不一样了，是heart disease and cancer only surpassed diabetes
不知道这样解释你明白了木有？

shijianfeile

嗯。。就是副词要紧邻其修饰的对象的。
要是only surpassed by sth. 那only修饰的就是surpass，就相当于强调【只有surpass】一个动作，暗含意味是【没有其他的动作了，只有surpass一个动作】。
但是如果变成surpass only by sth. 那only就修饰的是by sth. 强调的就是【只被XXX】超越。。

具体你可以类比：
He only kissed me.  意味着【他只是亲我了】，没有抱我，或者打我。。。。   = =
He kissed only me.  意味着【他亲了的人只是我】，意味着他没有亲别人。。。 = =

bobchowz

解释得好生动，终于明白了~~谢谢