Diabetes, together with its serious complications,
ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
surpassed only by heart disease and cancer.
􀂃 (A) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of
death, surpassed only
􀂃 (B) rank as the nation’s third leading cause of death,
only surpassed
􀂃 (C) has the rank of the nation’s third leading cause
of death, only surpassed
􀂃 (D) are the nation’s third leading causes of death,
surpassed only
􀂃 (E) have been ranked as the nation’s third leading
causes of death, only surpassed
怎么知道ONLY修饰的是 by heart disease and cancer，而不是surpassed呢？
我觉得修饰by heart disease and cancer和surpassed似乎是一样的作者: hanshipeng 时间: 2011-12-4 21:27
heart disease and cancer
but， 如果修饰的是 heart disease and cancer，那么意思就完全
不一样了，是heart disease and cancer only surpassed diabetes
不知道这样解释你明白了木有？作者: shijianfeile 时间: 2011-12-5 06:41
嗯。。就是副词要紧邻其修饰的对象的。
要是only surpassed by sth. 那only修饰的就是surpass，就相当于强调【只有surpass】一个动作，暗含意味是【没有其他的动作了，只有surpass一个动作】。
但是如果变成surpass only by sth. 那only就修饰的是by sth. 强调的就是【只被XXX】超越。。
具体你可以类比：
He only kissed me. 意味着【他只是亲我了】，没有抱我，或者打我。。。。 = =
He kissed only me. 意味着【他亲了的人只是我】，意味着他没有亲别人。。。 = =作者: bobchowz 时间: 2011-12-5 19:11
解释得好生动，终于明白了~~谢谢
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