[問題]OG-Q70

[Lian]

A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.

(B)likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C)liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D)liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E)at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

Ans:(A)

In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability wiht a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted.

不知道OG的解釋套用於C應該要怎麼解讀
謝謝

[freshmanduke]

剛剛看og的寫法 顯然你沒將整篇解釋看清楚
這裡是說C的錯是前面所說的
1.to be disadvantaged 跟 to be at disadvantage 的用法差異
2. unable to 跟 cannot之間的差異
建議你下次將整篇解釋po上 方便大家討論

[Lian]

謝你的幫忙

另補上OG詳解
Choice A is best. Choice B lacks the necessary infinitive after likely. In B and C, disadvantaged, which often means" hampered by substandard economic and social conditions," is less precise than at a disadvantage. In C and D, cannot often carry out suggests that President with limited time suffers only from an inability to achieve legislative goals frequently, not from a frequent inability to achieve all. In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability with a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted. D's liable and E's unable should be followed by an infinitive rather that by a relative clause begging with that.

[ivygirl]

In C and D, cannot often carry out suggests that President with limited time suffers only from an inability to achieve legislative goals frequently, not from a frequent inability to achieve them at all.

og是說：
"cannot often carry out" 的意思是"不能常常"達成目標
"unable" 的意思是"常常不能"達成目標
是這樣的意思嗎？
不是很懂這句話...
好像在玩文字遊戲

[世界和平]

In C and D, cannot often carry out suggests that President with limited time suffers only from an inability to achieve legislative goals frequently, not from a frequent inability to achieve them at all.

og是說：
"cannot often carry out" 的意思是"不能常常"達成目標
"unable" 的意思是"常常不能"達成目標
是這樣的意思嗎？
不是很懂這句話... ;-S
好像在玩文字遊戲

個人想法：

can/cannot:重點在可以或不可以做某事，而非有無能力做某事。
Eric cannot make a phone call => 媽媽不准Eric打電話(怕Eric偷打色情電話)

able/unable:重點在有無做某事之能力
Eric is unable to make a phone call => Eric不會打電話(Eric是古代人或是Eric是殘障人士)

[revival]

請問如果如上述所說, can 和 able 的用法有落差 ,那在OG中,兩者應該不能互相替代囉 ? 另外,這個解釋中,often 的位置不同是不是也對句意造成影響了呢 ？謝謝^^

[dibert8]

OG中, can 跟 able 的確是不能互換的; 這裡的差異也主要在兩字的意義不同,把 cannot often 改成 often cannot 其實差別並不大(i.e.常常不能vs不能常常)

[小隻]

In B and C, "disadvantaged", which often means "hampered by substandard economic and social conditions," is less precise than "at a disadvantage".
這是什麼意思? 不明白到底 "at a disadvantage" 有什麼簡潔的地方?

[dibert8]

at a disadvantage: 居於不利的狀態(意思單純,不需臆測前因後果)
disadvantaged: 使處於不利(是什麼使處於不利? 話中有話,所以不明確)

莫伯伯說詞類改變是改變句意.
印證一下:詞類轉變通常語氣/語意也跟著變了.