新prep2 230 them不仅可以指代人!?

hanlei84921

230. (GWD-8-Q32)
At the annualstockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challengesfacing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’smultibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales forthe company’s powerful microprocessor chip.
A.    including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollarpatent-infringement suit and the declining sales for
B.    which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollarpatent-infringement suit and declining sales of
C.    included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollarpatent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
D.     among them the threat ofa rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in salesof         (D)
E.    among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollarpatent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for


只想请教一件事, them原来可以指代东西(challenges)?? 我一直以为只能指代人,所以一上来就把D排除了....


请NN帮忙看看,谢谢啦~

suners

回复 1# hanlei84921


    them可以指代人或物都行。

    例句：Damp clothes before ironing them.

pangpangshin

who只能说人。连whose都能说东西

hanlei84921

whose能说东西我知道。

不好意思，我本意是，除去先行词，只讨论代词

they能说东西在我学gmat之前我知道也是可以的。。。
gmat里面不是指代东西都用this， that，these，those吗？

suners

回复 4# hanlei84921


    this/that/these those is/are a dog(s).
this/that/these/those dog is/are of German origin.

rockstonexS

them仅为they宾格，有何不可?

suners

回复 6# rockstonexS


    没明白楼上的意思。