OG 251

documentwei

251. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's. .

(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than

(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than

(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were

(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had

(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than

A正确

我想问为什么B不正确.

OG的解释: the use of "more" instead of greater inappropriately implies there are now more numbers, rather than more gyrfalcons.

请问这个解释怎么理解?

THNX

windlake

通常 more than 用得比较多，但是需要注意的是，这里number本身就是数字的意思，翻译成“数字是XX时候的5倍”

angelavivi

more和greater有区别：more强调数字上的变化，greater强调数量的变化。这个就是

OG解释所表达的意思。

documentwei

先谢谢两位

可能是我比较苯,还是有些不太明白,为什么greater比more好呢?望更多NN赐教~

smallbunny

 greater是指数量大，比如说100是20的5倍；但是its numbers are now five times

more than 。。。的意思是说原来这种鸟的数量可能是20，但现在关于这种鸟的数量的说

法可能除了20以外，还可能是40，60，80，100，120。数据的个数成了原来的5倍。不知

道这样解释是否能帮助你？

documentwei

thanks !!!!!