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[魚]

235. Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Miiller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.
(A)Miiller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(B)Miiller's career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(C)Miiller's career began with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(D)Miiller had begun his career with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(E)the career of Miiller has begun with an unpromising apprenticeship of

[Pufa]

A Miiller錯。

C of being不好，as較佳。
Longman
as.
used to say what job, duty, use, or appearance someone or something has
As a parent, I feel that more should be done to protect our children.
A large flat stone was used as a table. Dad dressed up as Santa Claus.

D Miiller錯。
had begun不需要，這裡指的是過去的事實，用過去式即可。
of being不如as好。

E has begun不需要。後面的an unpromising apprenticeship of似乎有改變句意之嫌。

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[nature]

我想請問一下...為什麼主辭用Miller不行呢?
在做題的時候..因為看到是spanning開頭..就會想選主詞是人(可表示主動態)
雖然後來看了解答..知道要配合後面的動詞..但是這樣感覺上就沒有配合到前面的spanning
感覺上好像是Miller's career主動展延fifty years

[魚]

我如果沒有記錯的話 span 好像沒有 passive 耶

可不可以請有朗文的夥伴確認一下 ^^

[Pufa]

我如果沒有記錯的話 span 好像沒有 passive 耶

可不可以請有朗文的夥伴確認一下 ^^

Span
past tense and past participle spanned present participle spanning
[transitive]
1
to include all of a period of time
a career which spanned nearly 60 years
2
to include all of a particular space or area
The Mongol Empire spanned much of Central Asia.
3
if a bridge spans an area of water, especially a river, it goes from one side to the other

我覺得人不能span，只有東西才能span一段時間。

[魚]

謝謝pt2218大大 (Y)

我也覺得人span 一段時間很 詭異

感覺很像 time machine 之類的

[Ethan]

235. Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Miiller began his career.
A person can not be "SPANNED".-->dangling modifier.
So A is incorrect.

[Behemoth]

是啊

就比如中文說 他的職業生涯橫跨30年

而不是他這個人橫跨30年...

[agk99]

坦白說這是習慣用法
就好好接受OG甚至是美國佬的想法就行

[nature]

了解了...感謝.....