请教， 白勇语法全解 第六章35

jinnuhong

1.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
（A）

as a means to ? 我不能理解这个to 在这里的作用，我也没找到有这样的固定词组。

kiwifoodtown

那么lz觉得哪个选项更好呢？

alu1u

as a means to 作为一种手段

lz百度一下就有很多例句了

kiwifoodtown

as a means to 作为一种手段

lz百度一下就有很多例句了

-- by 会员 alu1u (2012/11/19 13:08:01)

这道题的重点不在as a means to ，而在于stressing 和 investing 的并列

阿菜hrf

我的理解as 在这里做prep，等于 in a role of, to 表示目的；两个working verb stressing和investing并列