名词及代词有意义

  名词及代词必须在逻辑上及句意上有意义,我们再来看一个例子:

  ◆ Although the term “supercomputer” may sound fanciful or exaggerated, IT is simply an extremely fast mainframe that can execute trillions of calculations every second.

 

  我们先找到所指代的名词the term “supercomputer”,现在我们更换代词:

  ◆ ... the term “supercomputer” is simply an extremely fast mainframe...

 

  这句话在的句意改变是很微妙的,The term 并不是a mainframe,但却指a mainframe,所以这句话可以改为:

  ◆ Right: Although the term “supercomputer” may sound fanciful or exaggerated, IT simply REFERS TO an extremely fast mainframe that can execute trillions of calculations every second.

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