GWD-10-Q1，关于as...as与more...than的倍数关系

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212.(GWD-10-Q1)According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

A.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

B.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

C.minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

D.it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice(C)

E.it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice




答案选C我用排除没有问题，但是我的问题是four times as...as貌似是原来的四倍，而four times more... than貌似是原文五倍，这个替换改变了原文意思。
gemj前辈的帖子我也看了，但是还是不是很清楚为什么这里替换就可以了呢？

希望各位兄弟姐妹给点意见。

supershuang

be ... as likely as.. to ...

瓶中的雨燕

那个。。。请教大家为什么B不对？为什么说who修饰会引起歧义呢

M猫Fishoo

找了一下Manhattan
Ron这样说

mathematically speaking, there's a difference between '4 times more likely' and '4 times as likely'. Specifically, '4 times more likely' is actually the same as '5 times as likely', although even experts accidentally conflate the two constructions on occasion.

but this is a verbal question, so let's set the mathematical nitpicking aside; there is no language-based reason to prefer one or the other of these constructions.


so..这两个是不一样的..但这里不要纠结

M猫Fishoo

这个我好不懂啊..为什么xx times more than 不是多xx倍的意思?
more than 跟 as   as  怎么会是一样的呢??

求解啊!!

像风一样离去

好吧，我一直以为as...as...与more...than...的倍数是不同的。

aeoluseros

nope, they are the same, both meaning "四倍".