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标题: OG-239 [打印本页]

作者: moderation 时间: 2005-4-25 06:44 标题: OG-239

239. Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as. or of more than 250 bird species, including 180 songbirds.

(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of

(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or

(D) that monitors population changes of

(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or

答案是C, OG解释有说Neither A nor B produces the idiomatic phrase "... as many as, or more than, 250 ..."--a phrase that would be needlessly wordy here. 我不明白的是为什么是needlessly wordy 呢, 我反而觉得不加as many as倒是改变了原句的意思了!! 有没有人帮忙解释一下, 先谢谢了!!

作者: jojofgasw 时间: 2005-4-25 07:00

我认为OG这里说得是more than已经表达了as.....as得意思，就是大于等于，所以不必要在加，就说needlessly wordy

同样在OG266中也有类似出现

266. In a recent poll, 86 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than the present act.

(A) a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than

(B) a Clean Air Act that is stronger, or at least so strong as,

(D) a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than is（E）

(E) a Clean Air Act at least as strong as

Choices A, B, C, and D may be faulted for constructions that are cumbersome, unnecessarily wordy,

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