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许楚iris

A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

有一个地方不太懂，four times as many as there were four years ago在这里是什么成分呢？同位语吗？如果是同位语的话不是修饰前面最近的名词吗，那D和E为什么og的解释中说four times as many as...是修饰pupils呢？
实在搞不懂后面那半句话是什么成分TAT

evelyn205205

后半句话的意思是每32个学生有一台电脑的这个量是4年前拥有电脑量的4倍，因此four times as many as不是修饰学生的，而是和现在的电脑数量相比。
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期期啦啦

C中four times 应该就是修饰pupils的，所以后面还用了were

xuliangsysu

four times应该是作为前面one computer的同位语。只有这样逻辑意思才对，即four years before, every 32 students has only 1/4 computer.名词+介词结构，可以作为同位语。