885 补充题107

sbbi

107.    American productivity is declining in relation to Europe’s; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.
(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany
(B) as much as twice that of West Germany’s expenditure
(C) up to two times of West Germany’s expenditure
(D) up to two times what West Germans expended
(E) up to double the West German expenditure

Answer is A.难道不应该是"twice as much as that of West Germany’s expenditure"吗?

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-9-17 9:49:44编辑过]

braveMBA

1、that指代的是energy，B还原后成为energy of West Germany’s expenditure，这是一种很wordy的表达方式。
2、B的比较的形式也不对等，前面是energy expended in the US, 后面是energy of West Germany’s expenditure。

sbbi

我只想知道是不是
"A is as much as twice B" correct and same as
"A is twice as much as B"?
thanks!

braveMBA

SORRY，我理解错了。
对，是一样的。只是我们经常采用前者。没有任何歧义和修饰错误。

sbbi

thanks!