Although some had accused Smith, the firm’s network manager, of negligence when the crucial data went missing, the CEO defused a situation that was quite tense with her public statement that the debacle was not Smith’s fault.
a situation that was quite tense with her public statement that the debacle was not Smith’s fault
a situation that was quite tense, by publicly stating that the debacle was not Smith’s fault
a situation, which was quite tense, by stating publicly that Smith was not responsible for the debacle
a quite tense situation with a public statement about the debacle not being Smith’s fault
a quite tense situation by publicly stating the debacle not to have been Smith’s fault
题目分析:虽然当重要的数据丢失时,有些人指责了公司的网络经理Smith的疏忽,但是CEO通过公开表明 这一灾难不是Smith的错误 来缓和这个相当紧张的局势。
选项分析:
A选项:“with her public statement”是修饰defuse的状语。此时,句子的字面意思为“CEO缓和这个局势是伴随着一个声明的”。这是说不通的。因为,介宾短语中的介词是有自己的意思的,如on通常表示“在上面”,in通常表示“在里面”,with表示“伴着,随着”等等。但在这里,我们不能说“伴着一个声明”,而是要说 “通过声明…” 会更合理一些。
B选项:正确。by stating…表达了defuse的方式。“the debacle was not Smith’s fault”的字面意思为“这一灾难不是Smith的过错”。
C选项:state的内容和B相比发生了变化,Smith was not responsible for thedebacle的字面意思为“Smith不负责这一灾难”,即Smith不管这件事,但既然Smith为网络经理,合理的是说这件事不是他的错,而不是 他不管这件事。
D选项:with the statement的错误同A。
E选项:state的宾语变为了debacle,但逻辑上应该是“声明一件事(此灾难不是Smith的错)”,而不是“声明一个东西(灾难)”。
While the red portion is intended to modify defused (expressing how the CED defused a situation), a reader might construe that the red portion is serving to modify the portion in blue (expressing why the situation was tense).
Also, it is not crystal clear whether her refers to Smith or to the CEO.
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