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老螃蟹

132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about （equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.）
(A)    equivalent to the enrollment of
(B)    the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C)    equal to those who are enrolled in
(D)    as many as the enrollment of
(E)    as many as are enrolled in
加上正确答案后句子的结构如何？about as many as are enrolled in做什么成分？是并列句子吗？有省略吗？

tigercat

我觉得about as many as are enrolled in是eight million people的同位语,AS MANY AS用做在数量上的比较,ARE前省略了PEOPLE,由于EQUAL这个概念范围太大,不光指在数量上的比较,所以选E

light

(A)同BD
(B)equivalent已经包含”量”相等的意思，所以后面出现those就显累赘.
(C)equal 前后比较的东西要同一来源，但前后的eight million people 是不同来源，不能说他们俩批人马相等.
(D)(enrollment = 注册的数量) ≠ (people =人数)
(E) as many (people) as are enrolled in (后一个as做关代)

我对关代不是很理解….
这里as作为主格关代，之所以不能用who来代替，
是不是因为要和as many 搭配成对，这样一来………看起来比较顺眼?

jerry8849

没错，因为as many as是固定搭配，所以此处关代不能用who代替！

hru

我也赞同as many as are enrolled .... 是eight million people 的同位语，但是as many as ...似乎看上去是形容词短语? 难道是形容词短语做同位语??

fbfamous

不明白那个about的作用

难道就是做大概讲？？好像没它也没什么不可以吧？

alanz123

同问, 这个about是否可以省略.

wwwhahchn

个人认为，不能省略，否则改变句子原意

请NN指正！！

alanz123

同意, 我想应该是"大概"的意思, 如果省了, 就变成肯定数字了.

Fabulous

请教 equivalent 和equal 的用法??

A,B,C中的用法对吗?还是仅仅因为用他们太笼统不具体而不选??