GWD 11-10

[hsudk]

我認為是E，C很明顯地改變了句意；telephone 是一個 private conversation 的 tool，而 radio 是一個與公眾溝通的工具。但 C 說 radio 是 private conversation 的工具....句意完全不通！

[candrow]

請問大大們,
在C選中,but which is ,
除了用become較佳之外,用which來指代the radio有何不妥之處?

不是很了解T大所言,
(B) but which => but連接詞+which 表示前面應該有一個對等的連接( which or that ) 可是並沒有 X

沒錯~!
B裡頭but是對等連接詞這回事 還差點沒想到呢
剩下的我如是解讀
方法是莫北的由輕到重
大家看看對不對---

第一 了解句意
M本來認為radio會成為電話的替代品，成為新的私人通話工具。結果卻相反，radio變成了大眾傳播媒介。

第二 文法
Conceive of A as B為慣用語，DE不選。

B　which指代不清，but which => but連接詞+which，表示前面應該有一個對等的連接( which or that )，可是並沒有。(引述前人)

C　雖然改用become但句意清楚，第一個that指代有些突兀，但應該是指tool。

原句：　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool (1)that could substitute for the telephone (2)for private conversation
由輕到重：
Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool (2)for private conversation (1)that could substitute for the telephone
=>答案C

[nexxt0722]

我認為是E，C很明顯地改變了句意；telephone 是一個 private conversation 的 tool，而 radio 是一個與公眾溝通的工具。但 C 說 radio 是 private conversation 的工具....句意完全不通！

此題的句意似乎與你的理解有所不同
可以參考一下樓下candrow大的句意

第一 了解句意
M本來認為radio會成為電話的替代品，成為新的私人通話工具。結果卻相反，radio變成了大眾傳播媒介。

[A級垂耳兔]

完全贊同candrow的說法....
答案C的指代不清完全是為了由輕到重而造成...這種例子真的多到罄竹難書...
支持答案C

[mandy-lo]

請教各位大大們：
ＣＤ上有人說原題E中it is後沒有逗號，
若Ｅ先不要看conceive of A as B的固定用法
，這樣Ｅ選的答案還會對嗎？

[whoops]

:laugh 請教各位大大們：
ＣＤ上有人說原題E中it is後沒有逗號，
若Ｅ先不要看conceive of A as B的固定用法
，這樣Ｅ選的答案還會對嗎？

other than what it is..
still not an idiomatic expression..

[dibert8]

(A) 並沒有說 conception 是 a substitute, 而是 "as" a substitute, 不過 conception 仍然不能"作為" substitute. 放 as 是來混淆思緒的,句子又故作簡潔狀;因為沒有介係詞,等號一劃就知道不對了.

這題似乎明顯地在考 conceive 不及物的用法: conceive of Sb/Sth as Sth, 所以 (B) (C) 選一個, (B) 文法錯 => (C).

from Merriam-Webster,
conceive
[vt]
1 to become pregnant with (young) <conceive a child>
2 to take into one's mind <conceive a prejudice>
3: to apprehend by reason or imagination : understand <unable to conceive his reasons>
4: to have as an opinion <I cannot conceive that he acted alone>
[vi]
1: to become pregnant
2: to have a conception — usually used with of <conceives of death as emptiness>

[dibert8]

不太能理解為什麼會考慮 (E) ?即使把最後那個逗點去掉.
Marconi conceived of the radio to be a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, other than what it is precisely the opposite, a tool for communicating with a large, public audience.
=> a substitute for the telephone, .., other than something that it is precisely the opposite, a tool ...
1. it 是不是多出來變成有兩個主詞了?
2. a tool = somehting, 藏在 what 裡面可以同位嗎?
3. what = something that : 用 something 作 wild card, 意思不明確.

[lucyyeh]

(B) but which => but連接詞+which 表示前面應該有一個對等的連接( which or that ) 可是並沒有 X

這個文法我實在不是很懂，可否請各位高手再詳細解釋一下，
這裡的which不能夠代the radio嗎? (這樣前後不就有對稱的名詞了?)

我這一題B, C選好就，看B有個but覺得意思很對，結果就選短的了。

[dibert8]

(B) 考'關代' vs '代名詞'
which = conversation

[pimi]

請問由輕到重原則關代上是不是只能用that, 不能用which who....etc.

[dibert8]

關代限定用法的正確答案一定是 that, 用 which 的選項不會對的.
who 只能代人.

[jerryhaha]

我提我個人的看法

我覺得這題還有個考點是 a tool for private conversation的修飾語誤置

樓上有位大大有提到,但是剛巧我的看法與他相反

本題的題意應該是Marconir conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation

a tool for private conversation應該修飾 radio

因此排除ABE選項

CD決選,D which 指代錯誤

故選C

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

C is right

Verb 1. conceive of - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

Whereas:
A. Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation; instead, it is-----illogical