Over the past ten years cultivated sunflowers have become a major commercial crop,second only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil.
second only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil
second in importance to soybeans only as a source of vegetable oil
being second in importance only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil
which,as a source of vegetable oil, is only second to soybeans
as a source of vegetable oil only second to soybeans
题目分析:过去的十年,向日葵已经成为一种主要的商业作物,作为植物油来源之一地位仅次于大豆。
涉及到知识点:only的用法:only紧紧修饰其身后的词。
选项分析:
A选项:正确。only修饰大豆,意为“(向日葵)次于的,仅仅是大豆,没有别的作物”。
B选项:only修饰as a source。意为“仅仅作为植物油”,但理论上应该是“仅仅超过大豆”。
C选项:这里second前加了“being”,表示“正在是排第二的”,但从时态角度来说,没必要用正在进行时。
D选项:which引导的定语从句,谓语动词为is,修饰了crop,但理论上应该修饰sunflowers。
E选项:only修饰second,意为“仅仅是次于的,没有别的特征”,但理论上应该是“次于的,仅仅是大豆,没有别的作物”。
X is second only to Y = only Y can be better than X out of all the options available
X is only second to Y = X is second to Y, but may be first, third, or tenth compared to other options available
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