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标题: prep题目关于less和lower 的问题搜了一些帖子无果，看了RON神的解释貌似更迷茫~ [打印本页]

作者: sunyuwei 时间: 2014-10-1 19:50
标题: prep题目关于less和lower 的问题搜了一些帖子无果，看了RON神的解释貌似更迷茫~

70. Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

A, less than they did

B, less than it did

C, less than they were

D, lower than

E, lower than they were

关于Manhattan中RON对于less 的解释如下：

"lower" cannot be used with countable things.

in general, i can only think of three types of nouns for which you can use "lower" as a quantifier:

1/ mathematical quantities (things that can be represented by actual numbers)

e.g.

this number is lower than that other number

this percentage is lower than that other percentage （文中比较的是2.8percent 和现在的percent，岂不是符合了文中用lower???)

this interest rate is lower than that other interest rate

... so, note that one amount of money can be "lower" than another amount of money.

2/ abstract ideas that aren't necessarily numbers, but that can be thought of as somewhat quantitative (i.e., you can conceptualize the idea of "more" or "less" for these things, even though you can't assign numbers to them)

e.g.

i hold Jim in lower esteem than i hold his brother.

these tasks have lower priority than those other tasks

3/ things that are literally (= physically) lower than other things

e.g.

the elevation of MedellÃn is lower than that of BogotÃ¡

the ceiling in my new apartment is lower than the one in my old house

under no circumstances can a countable plural noun be "lower" than another countable plural noun, unless you are referring to differences in physical height (e.g., my ceilings are lower than yours -- this means that they are physically closer to the ground, not that there are fewer of them!)

作者: sunyuwei 时间: 2014-10-1 22:20
顶。。。。。。。。。

作者: sunyuwei 时间: 2014-10-2 22:15
有人么~~

作者: sunyuwei 时间: 2014-10-3 22:18
啦啦啦。。。。。。。。。。

作者: courage2002 时间: 2014-10-21 11:19
文中比较的实际是costs rose 2.8%, 和 costs rose less than 2.8%
lower 是形容词，无法修饰rose, 因此无法说 lower than they did
less 可以是形容词，也可以是副词，因此可以说 less than they did

作者: sunyuwei 时间: 2014-10-21 13:23

courage2002 发表于 2014-10-21 11:19
文中比较的实际是costs rose 2.8%, 和 costs rose less than 2.8%
lower 是形容词，无法修饰rose, 因此无法 ...

这么久之前的帖子==谢谢回复~

我现在又看了一遍，做了一点分析看看对不对哈~

首先，were前面没有可以对应的内容所以CE错；如果没有were 或是did 的话比较对象就是in the year明显不对；然后因为是costs所以是they。==

作者: wingshelpme 时间: 2016-10-28 12:20

sunyuwei 发表于 2014-10-3 22:18
啦啦啦。。。。。。。。。。

同意！

作者: wingshelpme 时间: 2016-10-28 12:20

courage2002 发表于 2014-10-21 11:19
文中比较的实际是costs rose 2.8%, 和 costs rose less than 2.8%
lower 是形容词，无法修饰rose, 因此无法 ...

同意！

作者: 糖水少年 时间: 2016-10-29 23:59
想请问一下这里的costs是不可数吗？答案可否用fewer than代替？

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