The
gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with
extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of
DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with
extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of
DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
(A)
extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B)
extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C)
extinction; their numbers now fivefild what they were
extinction; their numbers now fivefild what they were
(D)
extinction; now with fivefild the numbers they had
extinction; now with fivefild the numbers they had
(E)
extinction; now with numbers five times greater than
extinction; now with numbers five times greater than
请问B错在哪里？官方的解释是："The use of more instead of greater inappropriately implies there are now more numbers, rather than more gyrfalcons" 看得比较糊涂
谁能解释下？
greater和more用在比较的地方时区别在哪啊？