有一读者问:有这样一道选择题:
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive_________these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.
A. to B. of
答案为B,选A不对吗?
选 A 与 B 都不错:destructive to 相当于 deadly to, destructive of 相当于 causing destruction of。但据一本具有权威性的英语惯用法词典,destructive 后接 of 的情况较多。
