白勇語法第三章 20題

[小花]

20.
Declining values for farm equipment and land , the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season , is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.

(D)which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are

(E)the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are

白勇老師的解釋是簡體字 加上對岸的文法專有名詞和我們不同
我看不懂解釋 想請問各位大大
D為何錯 E 為何對

[jamesbegins]

自問自答 which代啥呢??土地??設備?? 都不對~
(農用品+土地) 是農夫借錢的抵押品...這些抵押品的價值下降造成農夫借錢被拒絕...

[hey]

選項(E)的collateral是同位詞,其與前面的farm equipment and land同位,而當句子出現介詞+關代時則盡量多選,所以應選(E), 至於選項(D)則有點wordy

[dibert8]

(D) 出現介係詞孤兒 against, 應該放在 which 前面.