[問題]考古form22 Q24

[hibettychen]

One analyst of the liquor industry estimated that this year a few liquor stores have experienced declining sales of up to fifty percent but predicted that the industry as a whole will maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year.

(C) up to fifty percent in declining sales but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's
(D) sales declines of up to fifty percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's

Ans: D

我想問C與D紅色部分應該如何判斷哪個正確呢？
選答案時我選到C，但其實在C與D之間猶豫了很久~
感謝解答囉

[Jen-Cheng]

key word:experience

C: experience up to fifty percent "in declining sales"
D: experience sales declines "of up to fifth percent"

1.N+ prep .... 句字強調 N
2.sales decline 為idiomatic , for example: sales tax