请教GWD1-Q7

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GWD1-Q7:
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

A.    that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
B.    that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
C.    that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
D.    CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
E.    CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times
我选择B，答案C.
有人说compare不能做主动，所以B错。
请问出现了倍数的词组不能和more than连用？

700upupup

jameshzd 发表于 2011-7-15 17:59
是的，compare 不做主动来使用，n times more than。。。是可以这样搭配的。B 错的问题不止在 compare 用了 ...

谈谈我的看法。
今天刷og verbal review的时候看到有道题的官方解释中说

The comparative phrase as compared to...is an incorrect idiom

(#242)，可见 as compared to 是绝对错误的，和语义无关。
关于compare不能用作主动，大家百度几句 compare to 的例句就会发现这个观点是错误的。
而且既然认为 ratio是 times的同位语，那么它们就应该是同一样东西，就不存在“pay和pay比较”这种排除方式。
所以不管怎么看，我都觉得b比c好。

immotral

谢谢解释

阒央

还有一个问题：C中的ratio是作为42 times the pay的同位语吗？如果是似乎不太合理，同位语应该指代整个名词短语。谢谢！

皮蛋GMAT上700

jameshzd 发表于 2011-7-15 17:59
是的，compare 不做主动来使用，n times more than。。。是可以这样搭配的。B 错的问题不止在 compare 用了 ...

同意！               

brittany1992

jameshzd 发表于 2011-7-15 17:59
是的，compare 不做主动来使用，n times more than。。。是可以这样搭配的。B 错的问题不止在 compare 用了 ...

赞~非常清楚~

帆帆不再怀疑

leohhy 发表于 2014-9-1 10:06
C.    that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42  ...

代词会优先指代前一句中的对等成分吧。。现在回复貌似有些晚了哈

leohhy

C.    that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio

CEOs是复数，这点从earn可以确认，那么as compared to 42 times their pay中的their存在2个指代，即CEOs和Workers，请教一下为什么这里的their没有范混淆指代的错误。

午夜精灵Ying

对于B ,我的理解是，不是the pay 在和后面的42 times 在做比较，而是the ratio 所指代的419 times 和42 times 在做比较。

lyx6117

之前XDF说CEO‘s 就是CEO的复数，那么C选项中的their不会指代不明么？