一条Magoosh的三空题求助

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虽然是Medium难度的,但是理解不了= =
What is currently (i) ______________ civil engineers is not so much a predicted increase in annual precipitation as the likelihood that many storms will come in (ii) ______________, thereby making flooding in lower lying riparian regions (iii) ______________.

Blank (i)
A.worrying
B.comforting
C.unimportant to

Blank (ii)
D.more predictable patterns
E.tighter succession
F.greater isolation

Blank (iii)
G.far more likely
H.somewhat infrequent
I.all but impossible

答案是A E G.

我是这样理解的, not so much a predicted increase in annual precipitation as the likelihood that many storms will come in (ii) ______________
这句话是与其说是没有突然暴涨的预料之中的增长,不如说是许多暴雨都可能将会___,因此,将会___在低洼地区形成洪水..
我当时觉得,咦没有暴涨啊,预料中啊,然后comfort了civil eng们啊不是吗?而且暴雨可以预料到不是more predictable patterns吗?然后选了B和D,只有最后一个空选对了

gritwinsUID: 3682896

我觉得应该这样理解：

令 civil engineer担心的不是....而是....(not so much .... as) 这样整句就说得过去了

岳然UID: 3654715

1L说得对。把not so much ... as ...读出来基本这道题就做对了。还有一点就是，annual precipitation是年降水量。

梳理一下就是，土木工程师们并不担心年降水量的增长（因为这是可以预测的），他们担心的是好几场暴雨集中发生

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岳然 发表于 2016-2-1 18:00
1L说得对。把not so much ... as ...读出来基本这道题就做对了。还有一点就是，annual precipitation是年降 ...

我....把annual硬生生看成了anual...难怪那时总觉得奇怪....撤销的降雨....嗯,这下可懂了.thanks

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gritwins 发表于 2016-2-1 17:27
我觉得应该这样理解：

令 civil engineer担心的不是....而是....(not so much .... as) 这样整句就说得过 ...

not so much..as 应该是 与其说是.....不如说是....
不过也是差不多意思,哈哈.thanks