[讨论]OG11th-60

60.   More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.

(A)         to greater economic development and investing

(B)         to greater development economically and investing

(C)         of greater economic development and invest

(D)        of greater development economically and invest

(E)         for greater economic development and the investment of

选A吧？平行结构，对吗？

不过a means of sth.这种用法对吗？

A

as means of sth.这个用法我本来也搞错了，OG上说The idiom as a means to is properly used.后来我又去查了LONGMAN，as means of sth不正确，应该是by  means of sth

此句怎么翻译呢?我一直都想问.

这个我也查了一下:
如果是 by means 或 no means 后面就接 of

如果是 a means 后面就要接 to 了

譬如说:

a means to an end
something that you do because it will help you to achieve something else
I didn't particularly like the job - it was just a means to an end.