The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s. (A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than (B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than (C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were (D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had (E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
Answer:A
此题的答案解释是如果用more than 就变成是number的比较,不是gyrfalcon的比较了。个人觉得很囧,明明就是gyrfalcon ’ s number的比较嘛!!这样拆开解释我不接受。
我衍生出来的问题还有: 1,greater 和more的区别在哪里。我觉得这里都可以用。 2,为什么than后面不用补that,我觉得number are now和number(that) when这样能够平行。什么情况下才需要补that?
numbers 与 number 的含义不同 numbers 指 a large quantity or amount, often in contrast to a smaller one; numerical preponderance numbers 强调的是数量上的优势,而number仅是数量 所以此处与greater搭配使用
its number 可以接 more than 因为仅比较数目 its numbers 就不能接 more than 了, 因为 numbers和number是两个不同的单词,numbers 是数目上的优势 优势这个概念可以greater 但不可以 more than 比... 多几个“优势” ??
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