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.
extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
brush,刷子,擦过,a brush with sb/sth, 与……的冲突;
survive ,及物或不及物,survive from/on/as sth,survive sth,在……中幸存下来,如:survive the crisis; survive the winter; survive the long trip。
has survived a close brush with extinction,从与灭绝的冲突中幸存下来。所以主句是讲G差点灭绝,后面讲它现在的数量是以前DDT时期的5倍。这个语意有转折,不能用缺乏转折连词的伴随状语/独立主格;A,并列句,ok
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