The current administration, being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing to increase as a result of deep cuts in the value of the dollar, has formed a group to study ways to sharpen our competitiveness.

(A) being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing

(B) worrying over some foreign trade barriers being removed, also over the failure of our exports

(C) worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports

(D) in that they were worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and also about the failure of our exports

(E) because of its worry concerning the removal of some foreign trade barriers, also concerning the failure of our exports

答案是C，关于worried与worring的问题。这个问题并不新,以前的帖子也有,但我还想问一下:如果把(C)改为

worring about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports

还对吗？因为根据托福语法的解释，同位语是因为省略which(who)be产生的，比如这里的C：（who is) worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports。 我看了牛津字典，里面有两个例句：1.your parents are worring ablut you! 2. be worried about one's weight。当然，第一句里worry是动词，但是这样说来(Who is) worring about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports也对了！

worried about is preferable when describing a condition [状态] rather than an action [动作].

欧认为改为 worrying about...也对。

不同意

以下是longman对worry的注解

worried

S2, W3

adjective

1 unhappy because you keep thinking about a problem, or are anxious about something: Don't look so worried - we'll find him.

[+ about]: She's so worried about her exams. | worried that: I was worried that we wouldn't have enough money. | get worried: I got really worried when I saw a police car outside our house. | worried expression/look/frown etc: Jim looked up with a slightly worried expression. | worried sick spoken (=extremely worried): Where on earth have you been? I was worried sick!

—see nervous

worry1

S1, W2

verb

1 BE ANXIOUS [intransitive] to be anxious or unhappy about something so that you think about it a lot

[+ about]: You've really got no need to worry about your weight. | worry that: He's worried that he might lose his job.

[+ over]: Dad worries over the slightest thing.

从上面解释可以看出worried作为形容词可以表达担心a problem 或sth而worry作动词只能指担心sth

为了解决这个问题，张道真的“现代英语用法词典”，现在把里面的例句全部抄录如下worry about
They didn't have to worry about money.
What we are worrying about is just her innocence.
She worries far too much about her health.
Why worry about the future?
There's no sense in worrying about the boy, he'll be all right.
He worries about the slightest thing.
worry over
Don't worry over me, Lester. I'm all right; I'll get along.
Oh, how like a woman to worry over a side-issue!
She's always worrying over little things that don't really matter.
He worries over the least thing that goes wrong.

可看出worry的都是事情;而worried的是没钱的状态/问题;健康状况等比较抽象的.

本题中担心的是经济问题,所以不能用worrying about

看过了所有的贴子也没有搞清楚这个increase的逻辑主语究竟是the failure 还是our exports？？？

the failure of our exports to increase

是我们出口增加的失败还是我们出口失败的增加呢，越想越糊涂，向大家请教？？

谢谢。

出口增加的失败 我想.