GMAT句子改错知识点(初级):群修饰
日期:2014-07-23 21:35

(单词翻译:单击)

如果我们要修饰一群事物的话可以考虑群修饰:

◆ Right: This model explains all known subatomic particles, SOME OF WHICH WERE only recently discovered.

◆ Right: This model explains all known subatomic particles, SOME OF THEM only recently discovered.

◆ Right: This model explains all known subatomic particles, SOME only recently discovered.

值得注意的是这种表达中只有which 后面是跟谓语动词,我们再看一种修饰:

His head held high, Owen walked out of the store.

在上面的这个句子中His head held high修饰后面的动词walked,表示Owen走出的状态,而在His head held high这个短语中,由一个名词His head 和一个名词修饰语held high构成,对于这种修饰方法我们也可以将其放在句尾或者用with的结构来修饰:

◆ Owen walked out of the store, his head held high.

◆ Owen walked out of the store with his head held high.

我们再看一个例子:

Scientists have found high levels of iridium in certain geological formations around the world, results that suggest the cataclysmic impact of a meteor millions of years ago.

在上面的例子中,results that suggest the cataclysmic impact of a meteor millions of

years ago 进一步解释了found high levels,而这个修饰又由名词results及名词修饰语that suggest... years ago ,注意这时不存在就近修饰,语意上不可能修饰world。所以对于表示主句结果的我们可以用两种方式,一种是:句尾,V-ing的形式,另一种就是这种名词加名词修饰语。而在GMAT考试中我们常常会见到一种错误的选项:

Wrong: Scientists have found high levels of iridium in certain geological formations around the world, AND THIS suggests the cataclysmic impact of a meteor millions of years ago.

GMAT不喜欢用this或that因为这种代词指代对象不明确,因为一般情况下这种代词前面要加个名词。

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重点单词
  • cataclysmicadj. 大变动的;洪水的
  • certainadj. 确定的,必然的,特定的 pron. 某几个,某
  • impactn. 冲击(力), 冲突,影响(力) vt. 挤入,压紧