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平行結構在英語文法中是很典型的看似簡單但其實包含細節較多的考點。特別是在GMAT修辭中，其多樣化的形式用法常會讓沒有深入了解過這一考點的考生覺得頭疼。

雖說平行結構簡單，但實際上GMAT修辭中涉及到平行結構的題目往往都有一定難度，這是由於大家對平行結構的多種用法並不熟悉所導致的。下面就為大家結合實例具體說明GMAT修辭平行結構的2種用法。

一、連詞連接兩個對等的詞和對等的結構

並列連詞and, but, as well as, or, or else, both … and, neither … nor, either … or, not only … but (also), rather than等以及從屬連詞than可連接兩個對等的詞和對等的結構。

1.所連接的謂語動詞必須一致

例1：He went downtown, bought some books and visited his daughter.

2.所連接的詞或片語形式必須一致

例1：Your semester grade is based not only on how well you do on each test, but also on how you participate in class.

3.連接的非謂語動詞的形式必須一致

例1：Some find swimming more enjoyable than sitting at home reading.

4.所連接的句子結構必須一致

例1：She is pleased with what you have given and all that you have told him.

二、某些特定的固定結構

(1)有些詞後要用平行結構。例如：

prefer sth to sth

prefer doing sth to doing sth

prefer to do sth rather than do sth

(2)有些結構中要用平行結構。例如：

would / had rather / sooner do something than do something, would / had as soon do something as do something (寧可……也不……)

GMAT高頻平行結構用法實例講解

Like their male counterparts, women scientists are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but unlike men of science, their female counterparts have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a "man's world."

(A) their female counterparts have had to work

(B) their problem is working

(C) one thing they have had to do is work

(D) the handicap women of science have had is to work

(E) women of science have had to work

選項分析：

首先，分清楚比較的對像是women和men，

按照平行結構的規則，用sb do sth的結構比較好

又要和前面unlike men of science相對應，所以答案E是最合適的

GMAT修辭中平行結構的相關考點細節就為大家介紹到這裡，最後祝各位考生都能順利通過GMAT考試拿到高分。