OG12-31

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Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static, Barbara Mclintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another

A. Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were
B. Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being
C. Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were
D. Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were
E. Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being

答案是D， B，C和E 解释说wordy and awkward, 不明白什么意思，想请教一下。

s

没人理我呀？

xiongbaobao

B当中的 were of the conviction of genes being
  C当中的 being convinced
  E当中的 genes being
这些明显比D复杂的多

s

感谢感谢

s

还有一点不明白，就是awkward到底是什么意思啊，它在OG解释中出现好多次，它是指歧义吗？

myice

the conviction  跟Barbara Mclintock 比较了，比较对象不对等，这是最直接地错误。
所以，比较对象对等的原则，就只剩下B跟D，B中were of the conviction of ，介词短语不如动词来的直接有效。