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There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."
a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had
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* You can eliminate a/b/c because the comparison has two possible meanings: (1) commitment to work vs. commitment to family, or (2) young people's commitment to work vs. their parents' and grandparents' commitment to work.
* You can eliminate E because "than" is there without "less".
There's no "than" in E登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
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* You can eliminate a/b/c because the comparison has two possible meanings: (1) commitment to work vs. commitment to family, or (2) young people's commitment to work vs. their parents' and grandparents' commitment to work.
* You can eliminate E because "than" is there without "less".
如果比较两边时态相同的话，than后面的have确实是可以省略的，但是年轻人和父母爷爷奶奶比，平行过去肯定爸爸妈妈那个时候是过去的情况，所以had是需要补充出来的［时态变了］
如果their parents and grandparents是主语，可以省略had
如果their parents and grandparents是谓语，那么就是年轻人们对工作的commitment比对他们老爷子的commitment少 明显不对 AB就没了 CE是不是通过前面的smaller和lessening去掉？
"”> I eat these foods in smaller servings. This doesn't mean that I eat fewer of them (= that I've cut any of them out of my diet).
I eat fewer of these foods than I did ten years ago.
"”> Ten years ago, I ate N of these foods, where 0 < N ≤ 10.
Now I eat M of them, where M < N.
This statement implies nothing about serving size
如果比较两边时态相同的话，than后面的have确实是可以省略的，但是年轻人和父母爷爷奶奶比，平行过去肯定爸爸妈妈那个时候是过去的情况，所以had是需要补充出来的［时态变了］
"”> I eat these foods in smaller servings. This doesn't mean that I eat fewer of them (= that I've cut any of them out of my diet).
I eat fewer of these foods than I did ten years ago.
"”> Ten years ago, I ate N of these foods, where 0 < N ≤ 10.
Now I eat M of them, where M < N.
This statement implies nothing about serving size.
Since that's an awkward definition, here is an example:
My grandfather thought that crying made you less of a man. (i.e., like "less manly")
without the helping verb, there are two interpretations:
1: young people are less committed to work/career than WERE their parents/grandparents (the intended meaning)
2: young people are less committed to work/career than TO their parents/grandparents
you can't tell which of these is the correct meaning without the helping verb; therefore, the helping verb is necessary.
从比较对象出发，排除C；从比较的时态出发，排除A/B；
英语中smaller用于修饰具体的事物，less用于修饰抽象的事物。由此排除A/C；E：a lessening of 表示减少的，用在此不合理，排除E；D：less of “较少的”，可用于表示比较。
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