问：prep07 sc1 26

emilyly

The investigations of many psychologists andanthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is asignificant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested bypeople from different cultures.

(A) of there being little that is a significantdifference

(B) of there being little that is significantly different

(C) of little that is significantly different

(D) that there is little that is significantly different

(E) that there is little of significant differences

我选的E 答案是D
可是E不是更简洁吗。。。
prep语法笔记里的解释是，significat differences有歧义，既可以表示有重要意义的区别，又可以表示有重要区别。。。没看出来有多大差别
求解。。。。
谢谢~

emilyly

E的确比较迷惑，不过不过我们忽略了一点little不能修饰difference这个可数名词。
aaroncheng 发表于 2013-5-24 21:13

    果然 忽略了~ 现在完全懂了 谢谢！

emilyly

赞成楼主 从结构上说是比e简洁。
可是从逻辑意思上说significantly different 是重要区别的 ，significant ...
Jackjokes 发表于 2013-5-23 19:05

    啊~~ 原来是differece有意义的意思。。。好吧 单词量是硬伤

aaroncheng

E的确比较迷惑，不过不过我们忽略了一点little不能修饰difference这个可数名词。

Knightll

是比D简洁

Jackjokes

赞成楼主 从结构上说是比e简洁。
可是从逻辑意思上说significantly different 是重要区别的 ，significant difference 中difference 除了“不同”的意思 还有“意义”的意思 ，所以会有歧义。
做最后比较发现两者结构差不多时 要注意逻辑意思。