OG 50 的 弱弱疑问

haze619

50.Accordingtosomeanalysts, the gains in the stock market reflect growing confidence that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come in for a “soft landing,” followed by a gradual increase in business activity.
(A) that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come
(B) in the economy to avoid the recession, what many feared earlier in the year, rather to come
(C) in the economy’s ability to avoid the recession, something earlier in the year many had feared, and instead to come
(D) in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year, and rather to come
(E) that the economy will avoid the recession that was feared earlier this year by many, with it instead coming
这里的A:had feared 没有相对的过去时啊。。还是我没有看出来。。请NN指导一下！！！谢谢！！！

haze619

非常感谢！

bennywang

不是大牛 仅供参考earlier in the year是过去完成时的标志 请

看曼哈顿愈发 过去完成时不一定都要有过去式对应 比如 by 1940,

somebody had done something
曼哈顿第110页 Also note that the later past envent does not

need to be expressed with a simple past tense, you could

also use a date reference