memory should generalize from past experiences, 记忆从过去的经历里归纳总结
generalize from,从……里概括,总结
Animals can often react more appropriately than they otherwise would to situations they encounter if they draw on generalizations from past experiences of similar situations.
类似于将than引导的被比较对象前移了。被比较部分的省略依然遵循前句有后句才可以省略的原则
Recalling every detail of all past experiences would be incompatible with any ability to generalize from those experiences. the ability to do sth,走某事的能力。to do作定语修饰ability
If you want, you can just remember that "on account of ___ing" can be eliminated. I can't think of any context in which that structure would work, so you should be able to rule it out safely.
"On account of" is followed by a noun, and is usually restricted to changes in abstract things (prices, emotions, etc.)
e.g., It's common for stock prices to fluctuate wildly on account of announcements made at press conferences.
C,an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of them in middle management and light industry
many of them 做women的同位语, in middle management and light industry作many的定语
同位语可以是一个句子,即同位语从句,也可以是modifier的一切形式,如名词/短语/直接引语/形容词等。
[这题选出答案并不难,但是分析有点复杂]
A选项:表达的意思错误,in spending的意思是两者在这方面是不一样的,默认了在其它方面是一样的,但实际上无法判断;同时,in its spending有点wordy
B选项:any错误,应该是any other,比较需要排除自己
C选项:✅unlike...可以当作插入语
D选项:错误同B
E选项:spending修饰any other insect,实际上应该修饰a species of midge
memory should generalize from past experiences, 记忆从过去的经历里归纳总结generalize from,从……里概括,总结
Animals can often react more appropriately than they otherwise would to situations they encounter if they draw on generalizations from past experiences of similar situations.
类似于将than引导的被比较对象前移了。被比较部分的省略依然遵循前句有后句才可以省略的原则
Recalling every detail of all past experiences would be incompatible with any ability to generalize from those experiences. the ability to do sth,走某事的能力。to do作定语修饰ability