not include either B or C 是不包括 B 或 C 吗?

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同学们备考GRE,托福时遇到的拦路虎除了单词和长难句,其实还有短语,尤其是一些“我以为我认识”,实际上“并不认识”的短语。



同学们请看下面这道数学题:

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In the figure above, a path from point A to point D is determined by moving upward or to the right along the grid lines. How many different paths can be drawn from A to D that do not include either B or C?


A. Two

B. Four

C. Six

D. Eight

E. Sixteen


这道题有些同学会错选D,原因是将not include either B or C理解成了不包括BC,而实际上not either B or C = neither B nor C =B和C都不包括,所以这道数学题的答案是B。




同学们接着看下面这道填空题:

Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ____ signs of adolescent anxiety.


A. prophetic

B. normal

C. monotonous

D. virtual

E. typical


这道题中的短语not A or B = not A or not B = neither A nor B

因此,空格处应该填入一个harbinger的同义词,所以选A。




同学们再看下面来自托福阅读真题的句子:

A magnetic compass does not so much tell a hatchling turtle which way to go as keep it on course.


这句话中的短语not so much A as B = 不是A而是B

因此,这句话的准确理解应该是“地磁罗盘不是告诉小海龟走哪条路而是让它保持航向”。



总结一下:

1. not either A or B = not A or B = neither A nor B = 不是A,也不是B


2. not so much A as B = 不是A而是B



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下面是我编的一道趣味题,同学们做做看:

There were three boys in the room. The English teacher did not call either Tom or Jerry. The Chinese teacher did not call Jerry or Peter.


Who were not called by either teacher?


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