OG12-103题， 怎么分清楚它的主谓语呢？

anenxi

103. Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species
of the world’s social wasps, wasps living in a highly
cooperative and organized society where they consist
almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile
female workers.
(A) wasps living in a highly cooperative and
organized society where they consist almost
entirely of
(B) wasps that live in a highly cooperative and
organized society consisting almost entirely of
(C) which means they live in a highly cooperative
and organized society, almost all
(D) which means that their society is highly
cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely
(E) living in a society that is highly cooperative,
organized, and it consists of almost all

nemiah

答案是?

jameshzd

选B 主语：Yellow jackets  谓语：number
wasps that 。。。同位语修饰 wasps
where 从句修饰society。

egretlee

Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world’s social wasps, ...

怎么理解the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps? 同主谓语一起，大侠帮忙翻译一下行吗？

谢谢拉！

vilawe

number among something/be numbered among something
formal to be included as one of a particular group
He was a successful corporate lawyer who numbered among his clients J.P. Morgan and Standard Oil.
所以the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps可以理解为900多种social wasps中的一种，正如og解释里说的This sentence identifies yellow jackets as one of 900 types of social wasps and provides an explanation of the term social wasps.

egretlee

谢谢楼上的解答!