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The plot f The Bostonians centers on the rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom, when they find themselves drawn to the same radiant young woman whose talent for publick speaking has won her an ardent following.
A.rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom,
B. rivals  Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, against her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom,
C.rivalry that develops between  Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, and Basil Ransom,her charming and cynical cousin,
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两个问题请指教:
1. 整句话是什么意思
2. C选是正确答案.但是HER CHARMING AND...,这个HER 指代是OLIVER吗?这样的指代在语法来说常见和正确吗?

lilingfeng

1、意思
The plot f The Bostonians centers on the rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom, plot 主语，center on谓语，rivalry 宾语

when they find themselves drawn to the same radiant young woman (whose talent for publick speaking has won her(woman) an ardent following.)

2、her 只可能是指代 Olive

LUANXINS

第一个her是指代Olive，但是第二个呢？好像就不是了，难道一个句子中her可以指代不同事物？

jianglxiang

我觉得指代的是 the same radiant young woman

PS 如果对于整句理解的正确的话，整句的意思是指表妹和表哥同时喜欢一个女孩子。。。

gmatmba

题目根据平行对称可以选对，但是意思总是读不出来  an ardent following； drawn to （这种词正要命）
这道题的句意读不懂，有哪位NN可以帮忙解答下。谢谢。

The plot of the Bostonians centers on the rivalry that develops between Olive Chancellor,an active feminist,and Basil Ransom,her charming and cynical cousin,when they find themselves drawn to the same radiant young woman whose talent for public speaking has won her an ardent following.

nymphl

plot做何解？
per Longman plot 解释:plan,story/film/,piece of land, drawing.
The Bostonians google了下，貌似没有这部电影，那应该作为一个正常的解释波士顿人，这样的话，难道做plan解，好像挺牵强的。