Even a vastly more ecoefficient industial system could, were it to grow much larger, generate more total waste and destroy more habitat and species than would a smaller, less ecoefficient economy. (出自阅读理解第一篇文章的第20行)感谢回答。
lz应该是被"...,were it to grow much larger,..."困惑了。 我认为这是虚拟条件句倒装; 还原为:if it were to grow much larger "甚至一个非常有生态效率的工业系统,如果它发展得更大,就可能比小型经济体产生更多的废物..." 从前后对比项也可看出larger vs smaller,more ecoefficient vs less ecoefficient。