[問題]Prep-T2-Q116

[whoops]

George Washionton dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.
A. the economic strengthening of the south with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.
B. strengthening the economy in the south with soil improvement and diversification of crops.
C. the strengthening the economy of the south through soil improvement and crop diversification.
D. the strengthening of the economy of the south through improving soil and crop diversifying.
E. the wconomic strengthening in the south with improving soil and diversify crop.

答案C
想請答案C中crop 不需要修正為crops嗎
而各選項中的介係詞不同 有with, through會產生差異嗎

[dibert8]

with (用) + 工具,手段
The child is learning to eat with chopsticks.
through (經由,憑藉) + 狀態
She got this position through her professor's recommendation.

請問原題 (C) 有 of 嗎? i.e. the strengthening of the economy (strengthening 當普通名詞) 或者是沒有 the? i.e. strengthening the economy (strengthening 當動名詞)

the strengthening the economy : strengthening 當普通名詞是不能加受詞的.

[dibert8]

crop diversification
名詞 (crop) 修飾名詞 (diversification), 前面的名詞有形容詞的特性,所以不加 s.

[dibert8]

dedicate one's life to +N "畢生致力於 N"
N: 選項裡有 strengthening the economy (Ving + O "強化經濟"), 也有 the strengthening of the economy ("經濟的強化")
但是 the {strengthening the economy} = the +N, where N = strengthening the economy (Ving + O) 是這樣解讀嗎? (i.e. the "強化經濟" 這樣也通? 真是搞不懂老美這樣玩文字遊戲!)

from Oxford,
dedicate yourself/sth to sth/to doing sth
to give a lot of your time anf effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important
She dedicates herself to her work.
He dedicated his life to helping the poor.

[elmer0901]

我的版本答案選項c是:
C. strengthening the economy of the south through soil improvement and crop diversification.
樓主似乎多打"the"

[hey]

此題答案為(C)但其多打了the, 而dedicate one's life to的to在詞為介係詞, 因此strengthen此動詞必需改為Ving

[lucyyeh]

這題C選項strenghthening後面有the, 我看到破解版的原稿就有。
而且在這裡有指定的意思，是不可以省略的。

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

此題考點
dedicate oneself to doing st eg. He dedicated his life to helping the poor

therefore ADE

(B) 後段不平行
所以是C

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

C選項的確多打一個the