这是OG中的例子:同样是被动,解释却大不一样56. Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport.
(A) huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport (B) without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya (C) the Maya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benefit of animal transport or the wheel (D) there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya (E) were the Maya who, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters A, B, and D also use the passive verb form were built, which produces unnecessary awkwardness and wordiness57. In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth. (A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted (B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted (C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted (D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting (E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy Choice A is best because it is idiomatic and because its passive verb construction, has been shifted, clearly indicates that the light has been acted upon by the rapid motion
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