2002-01-31 大全的解释正确吗？

tqbiao

31.Fossil remains reveal that the farther back in time an animal lived, the smaller than was its brain in proportion to the size of its skull.

答案:C

分析:the more......the more固定搭配,这里没必要有than,

改正: than was àthan

翻译参考：化石遗迹表明动物生活的年代越久远，它大脑相对于头骨所占的比例越小。

应该改为than was --> was 吧，估计是作者笔误吧！

the more + s + v, the more + s + v,

其中前半句为条件壮语从句，后半句为主句可以倒装当然也可以省略谓语

此句可改为than was --> was or than was --> 去掉!

还请各位赐教！

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http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=58&ID=122082&replyID=&skin=1

pumpkin

我认为去掉than就好了。