[問題] OG 72

[evelight]

72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United
States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.

(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled

Ans: C

這題作了兩次都錯 dora08

我一直認為比較級是拿來修飾名詞、形容詞、副詞用的，還沒看過修飾動詞的例子
所以每次看到C裡的doubled都直覺它是pp型態的形容詞，這一來整個句子就缺乏動詞，刪掉
但依照OG解釋，doubled是當動詞用的

問題來了，比較級可以修飾動詞嗎？大概因為沒看過先例，總覺得怪怪的...好像不合慣用...
難道more than其實是副詞片語？

[best555tw]

more than是副詞
兩倍三倍四倍
有動詞可選且無誤的話
直接用動詞較簡潔