og12 sc 72题的答案感觉少个动词~~明白的同学请进来~~谢谢

winnielxx

72. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing
the arts as a means to greater economic development
and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities,
despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal
support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and
investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the
investment of


答案是A，为什么我总觉得as a means to 后面应该加个动词比如 achieve， 还是说这里greater 就是动词？实在是糊涂啊~~


明白的同学帮忙解释一下吧，谢谢~~

cycgundam

greater本来也可以做动词。。。

Elroy

as a means of： 作为什么的一种方法  as a means to ：去实现什么的一种方法,；

回复楼上： 这里greater 不是动词

jiaoguitar

to在这里是介词，后面跟名词。greater用于修饰development的。