[問題]gwd-3-11

[訪客]

Q11:
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

這題我是BCD三個選項選,我剔除選項B,C的原因是as bad 容易跟前面的as much連在一起產生不知修飾哪一個的狀況,加上有being和having這兩個分詞reduntant
不知你們怎麼解這題
M.L.

[homaru]

as much because S+V...as because S+V...
只有D平衡

[micht]

同意homaru的說法

好像從沒看過 as that....耶..?? 怪
且句意是要表 .....because....because...
as that沒有because的意思?

[agk99]

我發現懶人解法也適用本題
being, having 不選，就有答案了
但以上是沒時間的技巧，有時間還是要看句意喔

[guhuo]

請問各位大大…

整句如何翻譯…

感激不盡

[agk99]

零售商報告他們十一月的銷售業績不錯，一部份原因是去年基期很差，一部份原因是消費者開始買過年的禮物
基本上as much as 是固定搭配，講求的是平衡，因此翻譯仍可照翻

[cocaine]

1.as much as.....
2.so+adj
所以我直接挑D,其他都沒看哩...

[kigosam]

那請問一下D.E
時態有沒有關係
their sale a year earlier
應該是指去年整年度SALE 很差 用had been
還是說她們一去年一整年的SALE的總結用WERE

[hungji]

(錯誤請指正)
1.快速比較5個答案
2.(1)a year 與 of a ear (2)being (3)that 與because
3.看題目.....as much because as because (that 不對) 刪 A,E
4.不選 because of, 刪 B,C
5.答案只剩 D, 選D, D對了

[sleek]

請問有沒有人覺得
(A)(E)的 their sales of a year earlier
與
(B)(C)(D)的their sales a year earlier

有任何句意上不同呢?謝謝~

[chihhan123]

請問有沒有人覺得
(A)(E)的 their sales of a year earlier
與
(B)(C)(D)的their sales a year earlier

有任何句意上不同呢?謝謝~

根據Collins COBUILD 字典

1. A sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.

2. the sales of product are the quantity of it that is sold.

沒有sales of 後面接一段時間副詞的用法.

要指去年的營業額,或上個月的營業額
應該用The sales last year....The sales last month...就好了.

請NN指導

[winihsi]

請問有沒有人覺得
(A)(E)的 their sales of a year earlier
與
(B)(C)(D)的their sales a year earlier

有任何句意上不同呢?謝謝~

基本上 their sales a year ealier是說
說話者說話年份的一年前的銷售量,比較著重於在說"去年"

their sales of a year earlier比較偏向在說銷售量

[nexxt0722]

那請問一下D.E
時態有沒有關係
their sale a year earlier
應該是指去年整年度SALE 很差 用had been
還是說她們一去年一整年的SALE的總結用WERE

因為主要動詞reported是過去式
所以在報告之前所發生的用過去完成式
而且完成式有種"持續一直的意思",讓句子更有味道