17.Bob Wilber became Sidney Bechet's student and protege when he was nineteen and , for a few years in the 1940's, came as close to being a carbon copy of the jazz virtuoso in performance as anyone has ever come.
1940年代BW19岁的时候在SB手下混了几年,并且变得很牛(close to being a carbon copy of the jazz virtuoso in performance )——好像以前就熟悉一样。
这是我自己的理解,所以我觉得如果答案是as anyone had ever come会比较好。