The bad weather meant ______ the rocket launch (发射) for 48 hours . A.delayingB.having delayedC.to de

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The bad weather meant ______ the rocket launch (发射) for 48 hours . A.delayingB.having delayedC.to de

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The bad weather meant ______ the rocket launch (发射) for 48 hours .
A.delayingB.having delayedC.to delayD.to have delayed
题型:单选题难度:偏易来源:不详

答案

A
mean后既可以跟不定式(mean to do sth),又可以跟名词mean doing sth,便两者内涵是有很大区别的,前者表示"故意去做;诚心去做"而后者表示"意味着要做"。据此两个不定式的选项应予以排除。虽然句中有表示延续一段时间的时间状语,但句意是:恶劣的天气意味着火箭的发射要耽搁四十八小时,"耽搁"这一动作没有也不能发生在谓语动词meant之前,所以C项也必须排除掉。

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