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alanz123

250. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.

(A)  had expected it to and its business will improve

(B)  had expected and that its business would improve

答案B没问题. B是不是省略了had expected (the profits to decline);

这里less是不是pronoun.

than后面的句子是什么成分.

jnlvo

than连词，可连句子或词组，进行比较。

这里的比较对象是its profits in the second quarter 和(the profits ）analysts had expected

less这里应该是副词修饰动词declined ，表程度。

心晴

that后面应该是宾语从句吧，2个宾语从句并列。

alanz123

谢谢 jnlvo, 解释的很清楚.

lavaall

为什么解释里说D中的them to是不必要的？

觉得than 比较的是profits ...in the second quarter 和 analysts had expected profits to be啊。

为什么省略them to be ?

foreinter

所有成份补出来是这样的吗？

its profits in the second quarter than (the profits ）analysts had expected (to decline)还是its profits in the second quarter than (the profits ）analysts had expected  (had declined)。

本来以为比较结构搞明白了，但看到这题又迷糊了，大侠帮忙

我想知道profits 在第二个比较成份中作什么成分？是主语吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-4 9:56:22编辑过]

foreinter

顶上去，知道有人回答，困扰我很久了，多谢了

ustoday

拜託有人回答一下吧

我也很困擾

julietayue

up!

expected后面省略的应该是什么结构?

麦麦麦

以下是引用lavaall在2004-12-1 4:46:00的发言：

为什么解释里说D中的them to是不必要的？

觉得than 比较的是profits ...in the second quarter 和 analysts had expected profits to be啊。

为什么省略them to be ?

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