[求助]语法补充题250题 14

14.   The earnings of women are well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.

(A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing

(B) much below that of men’s despite educational differences diminishing

(C) much below men in spite of diminishing educational differences

(D) well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences（D）

(E) below men’s despite their educational differences that are diminishing

In choice A, the pronoun that does not agree in number with its noun, earnings; the phrasing is wordy and does not convey the sense that diminishing the educational differences between the sexes would be expected to narrow the gap in earnings. In choice B, that and the possessive men’s are faulty, and much below is less idiomatic than well below; furthermore, the sentence with B is awkward. Choice C illogically compares the earnings of women to men rather than to the earnings of men. In choice E, their seems to refer to earnings, men’s is not parallel with of women, and the phrasing is unclear. Choice D is best for this fairly easy question.

标颜色两句话怎么理解?much below 不对吗?好像很对啊,请帮忙解决

much below is less idiomatic than well below,我觉得这就是一个语言习惯的问题，记住就好。

怎么理解？

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