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标题: [求助]一道语法题 [打印本页]

作者: kuuiytt 时间: 2004-7-9 08:23 标题: [求助]一道语法题

Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because

it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal with all other pollutants.

A. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s

ability to deal

B. an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s

capability of dealing

C. an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the

respiratory system in dealing

D. a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory

system to deal

E. a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s

ability to deal

答案是A？为什么啊？

作者: topway7 时间: 2004-7-9 08:31

ability to do / capability of doing - 两个习惯表达，但是其他条件相同时优先选前者

A - ability to do / because 都正确

B - capability of doing 正确/ because of 结构太笨拙

C - capability of sth to do 注意这里的of是修饰capability属性的，不是我们上述的动词结构，所以错了

D - 同C

E - 同B

作者: hsWang 时间: 2004-7-9 10:06

agree with topway7

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