Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
24. (25819-!-item-!-188;#058&002130) Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter. (A) less than they did
(B) less than it did
(C) less than they were
(D) lower than
(E) lower than they were
答案(A) 我的问题是答案可不可以用LESS than 。 解释说D的lower不能修饰rose,rose应该用less来修饰,这个我理解,然后解释继续说“than in the year比较结构表达太模糊,完全可以理解为than others expected in the year或 than price rose in the year等等” 我不理解这句解释,我认为比较结构中的比较成分相同就可以省略,所以这里than 之后省略了Employment costs rose,直接用less than in the year that ended in the previous quarter可不可以呢?
1 比较结构中,如果省略后会对省略结构造成歧义,则不能省略。 2 对只有主谓(如果主语有定语成分,必须要that/those来指代),没有宾语的句子,因为没有宾语,只可能有主语比较,因而不需要重复do来确认这是一个可发出动作的主语,所以其比较形式如下:I eat faster than you.注意与下句区别 I eat apple faster than you do 如果写成 I eat apple faster than you 按GMAC的理解,从语法上就变成我吃苹果比吃你快,成了宾语比较。 3 有宾语的要补充出来宾语部分,以免造成歧义