[求助]请教大全53

dreadpower

53.According to the National Pasta Association, per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, which has already been approaching 19 pounds a year, will achieve 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century.
(C) The National Pasta association predicts by the twenty-first century that per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, which is already approaching 19 pounds a year, will reach 30 pounds a year.
(D) By the twenty-first century, the National Pasta Association predicts that per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States, having already approached 19 pounds a year, will reach 30 pounds a year.
(E) According to the National Pasta Association, per-capita consumption of pasta in the United States is already approaching 19 pounds a year and will reach 30 pounds a year by the twenty-first century.
     答案是E，没问题。请教：
C选项中的predicts by the twenty-first century that 能这么用吗？意思是什么？

深海的小美人鱼

不能这么用,应该是The National Pasta association predicts that by the twenty-first century ......
就是说....预测到21世纪之前.....

dreadpower

如果抛开原句意思，这样的用法也是错误的，对吗？？？

bigcamel

没错，只是改变了愿意，变成修饰主局了

dreadpower

如果没错，主句的意思是不是这样：The National Pasta association到the twenty-first century 预测。。。。。

bigcamel

是

dreadpower

极度感谢楼上的两位大侠！