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eeheaven

Itisunclearwhetherchimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another, or if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found.

（A) if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found
(B) if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns
(C) would similar patterns be found in other animals if they were studied in as much depth
(D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth
(E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth
这条题讨论的很多了，但是我觉得很多人都没有说到点子上，选e，但是我认为b更好，很多人反驳b说if不能引导表语从句，但是if从句可以理解为whether。。。or。。。or后面的小分句的条件从句，而且这样意思更加完整，因为只有这样我们才可以理解成“猩猩在非人类中有独特学习能力还是其他动物在研究到一定程度时也会出现同样的情况，还不清楚。如果是e这个选项明显翻译不出来这个意思，我觉得写出中文不能体会出他们的差别，请大家用英文想。
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yidiyuehans

or后面的东西是对前面内容的解释或定义。or相当于i.e.(in other words)
比如：
It is unclear whether it will rain tomorrow, or whether I need to take an umbrella tomorrow.
=It is unclear whether it will rain tomorrow or it is unclear whether I need to take an umbrella tomorrow.
or的前后是一个意思，只是为了读者更明白而换个方式表达一下。
B选项：
=It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another or it is unclear if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns
-->bad parallelism

eeheaven

谢谢，但我觉得你说的or是一般的用法，但是这相当于是个固定搭配whether。。。or。。。如果是b的话相当于就是whether 。。or。。。whether。。。你的理解是并列连词中的or，同时我觉得我觉得whether。。。or。。。中重复whether是有点redundant的。or应该是whether。。。or。。。里面的or。。。
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reddragon

<1> 我觉得这里是whether A or whether B，而不是whether A or B。
<2> 前者whether A和whether B是同一个意思的不同说法，or相当于"换言之"。
比如：I will go out whether it is rainy, or whether I may get wet.
<3> 后者whether A or B表示"A或者B"
比如：I will go out whether it is rainy or sunny.
<4> 本题中or前后句子的意思是同一个意思的不同说法，而不是“或者”。

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foreverluke

E很平行我感觉