885--补充 46 请教！

Samson2004

46. Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the Earth; consequently, we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.
(A) we see them as they were during
(B) we see them as they had been during
(C) we see them as if during
(D) they appear to us as they did in
(E) they appear to us as though in

Key: A
这里是哪两者之间的比较？后半句译成中文咋说？
多谢指教！有点晕

juniya

这里侧重的是我们看到它们的时候，不是他们的出现，所以排除D,E, B中时态不对，C as 应该加句子，as if 错。