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标题: 一道关于结构的题 [打印本页]

作者: jpzlove100    时间: 2008-3-22 09:29     标题: 一道关于结构的题

 

The United States petroleum industr's cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

答案选了E,为什么D不对?


作者: sunnylee    时间: 2008-3-22 19:38

D中To meet environmental regulations修饰的应该是the United States petroleum

industry,而不应该是 the cost


作者: smalllittle    时间: 2008-3-24 19:56

正解

顺便说明下,这种就是所谓的dangling modifier, 看到了要注意






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