Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
The meaning should be clear: The costs rose by 2.8% this past year; in the previous year, they rose by more than 2.8%. So, this year, they rose less than they did last year.
DE:Idiomatic usage. In the phrase 'little of X', the X has to be a singular quantity. If it's plural (like 'differences'), then you have to use few.
There was very little food left over at the end of the party.
There were very few crab cakes left over at the end of the party
1) the number is lower than the other number
2) the task has a priority lower than that task
3) the ceiling in my new house is lower than that in my old house.
high/low 不能修饰动作,只能修饰名词。more/less才可以修饰动作,也可以修饰名词。
5个选项都没有percentage/that去指代2.8%,所以可以判断是动作比较。high/low 不能修饰动作,只能修饰名词。more/less才可以修饰动作,也可以修饰名词。
F. less than 错 比较的是employment costs还是2.8%?
因为比较的是动作。登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
Rose是动词,因此是A
lower是higher的对立面
costs rose 2.8 percent in X, less than costs rose in Y.
这里后面的costs rose和前面完全一致,所以可以改写成
costs rose 2.8 percent in X, less than they did in Y.
There was very little food left over at the end of the party.
There were very few crab cakes left over at the end of the party
2) the task has a priority lower than that task
3) the ceiling in my new house is lower than that in my old house.
不理解为什么D错,求解救。。
less than... 是状语, 修饰rose的登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
costs rose 2.8 percent in X, less than costs rose in Y.
这里后面的costs rose和前面完全一致,所以可以改写成
costs rose 2.8 percent in X, less than they did in Y.
costs rose 2.8 percent in X, less than costs rose in Y.这个句子里后一个costs rose可以省略吗?就变成costs rose 2.8 percent in x less than in y. 就变成D选项了,为什么不对?
lower不能用来修饰可数名词登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论