[求助]关于MEANS的两题

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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

答案是A

OG官方解释排除means of是错误的搭配，当然C、D两项中还有其他的错误

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135. The brain is something of a stimulus reduction system, a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount of stimuli that reach the senses at any given moment.

(A) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount

(B) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite number

(C) the means of reducing for comprehending the nearly infinite number

(D) the means that reduces, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount

(E) the means for reducing in order to comprehend the nearly infinite amount

答案是B

对means to到底是什么意思，如何搭配 表示不解

很奇怪means of doing/sth怎么会不对呢, 这种用法很常见啊

我也想知道为什么means of不对,有没有哪位高人回答一下