請教這題~莫老師:文法修辭精粹 NO162

[blacklilu]

Yong economies tend , as they mature and become increasingly complex , to slow .

A. to slow

B. slow down

C. toward slowing

D. by slowing

E. slowly

Ans : A

我知道這題的重點在tend to 的用法，但想請教 C and E 選項 會何不可？
請各位指導了~

[agk99]

插入句一般先忽略不看，再想想慣用搭配的原則有無遵守
就可以選出正確答案

這一本題目建議是有空再做，如果時間有限，還是熟讀OG為原則
(這可是莫老師親口說的)

[Pufa]

這本書後面的解答講的蠻清楚了。
C:
tend towards後面接名詞。
Longman
tend
tend to do something
if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again
People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
My car tends to overheat in the summer.
tend towards something
to have one particular quality or feature more than others
Charles tends towards obesity.

D:
Young economies tend slowly.
http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/word/tend#2
tend(及物動詞) 用在這題則改變句意
1. 照顧(小孩)
2. 護理(病人)
3. 看管(家畜等)
4. 照料(花木等)
5. 操作(機器等)
6. 照管,管理(店鋪、酒吧等)
7. 【海】 照料(纜繩、錨鏈等)以免糾纏
8. 【古】 侍候
tend(不及物動詞)
1. 有…傾向
2. 易於
3. 往往會
4. 趨向,走向
5. 有助於,對…有幫助
6. 照料,照顧
7. 【美】 注意,關心
8. 【古】 聽,傾聽
9. 【廢】 等候

[blacklilu]

謝謝，我OG已經做了兩遍了...還是會再回頭複習滴~