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lenghongmin

In an effort to reduce their inventories,Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell,and they are.

a)have been priced to sell, and they are
b)are priced to sell ,and they are
c)are priced to sell,and they do
d)are being priced to sell,and have
e)had been priced to sell,and they have


正答是C,我错选的是E
有几个问题
1)句子的逻辑意思是什么,我对它划线的部分觉得很别扭...==
2)分号在语法中有什么功能和意思没有
3)be priced to sell什么意思==

谢谢。。。

深受语法打击中的某人上

liuzhenlin

分号在GMAT句子里面的作用主要是连接两个句子，显然这里不是考这个语法知识点
be priced to sell，我的理解是因为前面VINTNERS为了降低库存，决定降价，be priced to sell,也就是说也红酒真的是以这个价格来卖。
为了表明事件的先后顺序，后面用了一般现在时。

lenghongmin

谢谢楼上

==被句子雷了一下
“他们的酒按这个价格卖了，他们真的卖了”。。。。。

EGHJUYMN

1.整句意思： 努力为了减少库存，意大利葡萄酒商已经降了价；他们的红酒正在被重新定价来卖，而且酒商们确实在卖（有人买）。

2.分号用来连接两个完整的句子。

3.price    v.  to decide the price of sth. that is for sale (usually passive)

In an effort to reduce their inventories,Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines are priced to sell and they (指代vintners 酒商） do ( sell ) .

lenghongmin

OH 明了~~明了~~~~原来是这个意思。。。。==  谢谢楼上

我写错的原因在于，不懂得“；”的意义，让我以为后面那半句是用来修饰前面的，然后就找了更过去的时态

啊~感谢楼上两位指点

xiangzhengj

they 应该是指wines，
我看到老外的论坛上这样解释这句话：
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell and they are selling.

lenghongmin

可是这样子的指代不会有问题么..前面的所有格中的their是酒商，后面they又变成酒了？
而且酒自己可以are selling吗？