题目

一道GMAT语法题
Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dee's aid （划线） in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.(划线)
（A）in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
(E) to heal physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help
我就这两个答案搞不清楚,to do 不是表示目的嘛,求神的目的是疗伤,in healing 怎么又冒出来了.能不能帮我解释下 to do 和 in doing的区别

提问时间：2021-01-08

答案

选A,这句话可以把主句忽略掉,直接分析从句,who(the supplicants)were either asking the goddess Bona Dee's aid in healing physical and mental ills or...这些供奉者不是在祈求Bona Dee在身体和精神上的伤痛给与帮助,就是感谢她在治愈身体或精神伤痛方面给与的帮助.
所以这里的in doing是状语,表示在...方面(给与的帮助).
把这句话可以分为两句可能更好理解,who were asking the goddness'aid in healing.
who were thanking her for such help in healing.