OG 12-76

vivita · 发表于 2011-9-2 17:20:38

76. Retailers reported moderate gains in their November
sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier
being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head
start on buying their holiday gifts.
(A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as
that
(B) of their sales a year earlier having been as bad
as because
(C) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as
because
(D) their sales a year earlier had been so bad as
because
(E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

请问题目该怎么翻译呢，谢谢

vivita · 发表于 2011-9-5 10:39:22

答案D 补充一下

yangreat · 发表于 2011-9-15 21:26:30

as much as 和……一样
零售商报告说，他们11月份的销售额度适中，这是因为他们之前年度的销售业绩很差，并且购买者提前购买礼物。
题外话：一般情况下，圣诞节前一个月为采购旺季。这算一个背景资料，GMAC没有在题目中给出。

vivita · 发表于 2011-9-16 10:29:22

谢谢查到了 head start 的用法
head start [countable]
1 an advantage that helps you to be successful
give somebody/get/have a head start
Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.
2 a start in a race in which you begin earlier or further ahead than someone else

的确是提前的意思

这里as much because ...as because
是用来列举两个并列同等重要的原因吧

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