Historian Frederic Lane observes that after the loss of ships in battle in the late sixteenth century,the shipbuilding industry no long had the capacity to recover that it had displayed at the start of the century.
的意思最接近的句子是
A.The loss of ships in battle at the end of the sixteenth century showed that Venetian shipbuilders lacked the skills they had possessed at the beginning of the century.
B.Venetian shipbuilding failed to quickly replace the ships lost in battle at the end of the sixteenth century as it would have done earlier in the century.
C.Frederic Lane noted that Venice lost ships in battle at the end of the sixteenth century,showing that Venetian shipbuilding was not longer known for its reliability.
D.Venetian shipbuilding had been known for its high quality of work at the beginning of the sixteenth century,but toward the end of the century Venetian ships were poorer in quality.