[求助]OG11-60-as a means 的用法

60. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to qreater 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

Diction + Parallelism

In this correct sentence, the idiom as a means to is properly used; the adjective economic appropriately modifies the noun development, and investing is parallel to stressing
            

A Correct. The idiom as a means to is correct in this sentence; stressing and investing are parallel.

as a means to 只能跟名词吗?

我在longman上查到: as a means of doing sth.

為了要看stressing平行

所以只好選有investing的

就剩A和B了

B很不通  所以就剩A囉

自己总结的，LZ可以参考下，不对了请指正：

a means to + do/名词词组：表示means所要达到的效果或结果，但是这个还未达成。

a means of sth.:并没有明确的目的指向，比如：a means of expressions（摘自朗文）

as a means to + n. 更强调‘目的’（to 就是强调目的的）吧

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