Socially and environmentally responsible investing is on the rise: last year in the United States, over $2 trillion was invested in funds that screen companies according to a variety of criteria such as adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights.
A. according to a variety of criteria such as
B. according to a variety of such criteria, as by
C. according to such a variety of criteria as by
D. in accordance with such a variety of criteria as
E. in accordance with a variety of criteria, such as by
A[D]
这个题目是真正的传统争议题,呵呵,真要再考场上 我就直接选A了
简单说A没什么错 也很简洁(明显是最短的)
这里我们比较细致的分析一下两个词组 according to 和 in accordance with
严格来说,即便对于一个native speaker,这两个词组的细微差别也很难说明白 它们的意思其实几乎是一样的 就是根据
但是这里要提醒的是 according to这个词组通常情况只能作为状语,简单说使用according to的时候那么明确的就只能修饰句子的谓语动词screen
in accordance with则不同,它既可以作为状语 还可以作为定语
也就是说如果使用in accordance with在company后面的话,这个句子还可以翻译成 这些钱是用来screen那些 合乎一系列标准的公司的,而不是用一系列标准去screen公司
所以这里 个人认为according to更好,
事实上在“简洁”这条原则里面 according to 就是比in accordance with要好 呵呵 这就是为什么我直接排除了DE的原因
另外需要分析的一个用法是 such as和 such ... as
这个也是非常有意思的,such as就表示举例 但是大家注意了 这个such as 就近是对 criteria举例 就好像说 I have a lot of fruits, such as apples,.... 这个such as 是对fruits举例子的
但是如果把such放到了a variety前面 意思就有了细微的变化,as后面就是在对整个 a variety of criteria进行描述了 而淡化了举例的意思。
by的错误我就不多说了 相信大家自己能体会出来
以上,我选择A 呵呵 一家之言 不是什么官方答案 |