标题: 求助 [打印本页] 作者: meckychen 时间: 2009-11-22 14:36 标题: 求助 For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California , which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.
which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters
Answer: D我选了E，请大家帮我分析一下。谢谢。作者: sayysong 时间: 2009-11-22 15:12
D的down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago 表示a decade ago 所占比例是 nearly three-quarters，从那时开始down，到现在的a little less than half
E的down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters 表示a decade ago是多少不知道(what it was)，在那个基础上down了nearly three-quarters，到现在的a little less than half E改变了句意。