OG155 关于那三个奇怪的并列

bettyofarim

155. Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reti­cent. and are suspicious of strangers.

(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reti­cent, and are

(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are

(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reti­cent, and

(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reti­cent, and they are

(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are

答案是C

be

difficult to locate

reticent

supicious的并列。

可是我觉得后面两个可以直接修饰witnness，即，witnness are reticent and supicious,可总不能说witnness are difficult吧。这样并列也叫并列？？

daoying

local wit­nesses are (1) difficult..., (2) reticent, and (3) suspicious...

可总不能说witnness are difficult吧

local witnesses are difficult to locate

目击者是难于被locate,(目击者是）reticent,(目击者是）suspicious的

uspresident

The witness are (1)difficult to locate, (2) reticent, and (3) suspicious of strangers 作何翻译?

vicky_zw

from Longman

suspicious adj.

1.thinking that someone might be guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest
suspicious of
eg. Some of his colleagues at work became suspicious of his behaviour.