Prep－Section 2- 11 it指代的请教

gmataren

Nine months after the county banned jet skis and other water bikes from the tranquil waters of Puget Sound, a judge overturned the ban on the ground of violating state laws for allowing the use of personal watercraft on common waterways.

 

(A) of violating state laws for allowing

 

(B) of their violating state laws to allow

 

(C) that it violates state laws that allowed

 

(D) that it violated state laws allowing

 

(E) that state laws were being violated allowing

用排除法可知答案是D，但是我有一个问题就是D当中的it指代什么东西呢？难道是指代前面被ban的整个事情？但是it 不是不能指代整件事情的嘛？想不明白了又

开若兰

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以下是引用gmataren在2009-4-11 9:22:00的发言：

Nine months after the county banned jet skis and other water bikes from the tranquil waters of Puget Sound, a judge overturned the ban on the ground of violating state laws for allowing the use of personal watercraft on common waterways.

 

(A) of violating state laws for allowing

 

(B) of their violating state laws to allow

 

(C) that it violates state laws that allowed

 

(D) that it violated state laws allowing

 

(E) that state laws were being violated allowing

这道题我错选 A 的原因是认为 on the ground (of) 比 ... (that) 更合适，因为 KingSoft 的解释说 on the ground of 的意思是“以...为理由”，而 on the ground 的意思是“当场”。再查牛津高阶词典，说 on the ground 是“在普通人中”的意思。那么，请教这里的 on the ground 应该是什么意思？

gmataren

要命了，没有看到the judge overturned后面的东西竟然

多谢

huskygal

"it"是指"the ban"