132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in
The phrases equivalent to in A, the equivalent of in B, and equal to in C have too broad a range of meanings to be used precisely here: that is, they can suggest more than merely numerical equality. Also, as quantitative expressions, equivalent and equal often modify nouns referring to uncountable things, as in "an equivalent amount of resistance" or "a volume of water equal to Lake Michigan."
OG前面的解释说equivalent和equal不仅仅意味数量相等,还包括其它各方面相等, 这表明比较对象应该是同类事物(其实只要涉及比较都应是同类), 可是后面的例句"a volumn of water"和"lake Michigan"不符合比较原则啊, 觉得应该是"a volumn of waer equal to water in lake Michigan"或"that in lake Michigan", 请诸位帮忙释疑.
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