关于double OG11 - 4

A survey by the National Council of Churches shouwed that in 1986 there were 20, females ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy, twice as much as 1977.

A) twice as much as 1977

B) twice as many as 1977

C) double what it was in 1977

D) double the figure for 1977

E) a number double that of 1977's

通过排除确实应该选D，但是我不是很清楚Double在此是什么词性，后面引导的算什么成分。

谢谢飘过的NN啊~~

A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost

9 percent of the nation's clergy, twice as much as 1977.

Yes! The right answer is D)

Double is adj.  based on OG explanation @ Double the figure places the emphasis of the sentence on the number of ministers

Twice is adv.

多谢。

可是对于adj.+ the + n. ，以前没有怎么听说过。。

是不是只有double有这样的特殊用法呢？

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double adj.

twice as much or as many

His income is double hers.他的收入是她的两倍。

He earns double what she does.他挣的比她挣的多一倍。

We need double the amount we have.我们需要比现有的多一倍。

多谢多谢~~终于明白了

becasue Double can also be used as verb, for instance, the amount is doubled.

in the form of "double+ n."--double is Verb.

in the form of "double+adj."--double is adverb which modifies adj.

我觉得ETS似乎更喜欢double做v和adj，OG里没有看过double有用adv的用法

而且OG11--128那题言下之意就是twice做adv要优于double做adv的