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Chong Posted 16 years ago
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How to understand them?
1,The bust did not lay waste to Japan, after all, as the Depression did to America in the 1930s.
In this sentence,how to understand the attributive foolowing 'as'? Does it mean that the Depression lay waste to American or not?
2,far fewer universities have formal hiring freezes in place than in 2009.
how to understand 'in place' ? prepared ? or assured? or other meaning?
what does this sentence mean?
thanks a lot.
In this sentence,how to understand the attributive foolowing 'as'? Does it mean that the Depression lay waste to American or not?
2,far fewer universities have formal hiring freezes in place than in 2009.
how to understand 'in place' ? prepared ? or assured? or other meaning?
what does this sentence mean?
thanks a lot.
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1. As in the first sentence is a conjunction and it means to the same degree. The sentence could be rewritten as The bust didn't hit Japan as hard as the Depression in the 1930s hit America.
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- As in the first sentence is a conjunction and it means to the same degree.
- The sentence could be rewritten as The bust didn't hit Japan as hard as the Depression in the 1930s hit America.
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- In place here means established or active.
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1. As in the first sentence is a conjunction and it means to the same degree. The sentence could be rewritten as
The bust didn't hit Japan as hard as the Depression in the 1930s hit America.
2. In place here means established or active. The sentence means that a smaller number of universities have formal hiring freezes in place than in 2009.
The bust didn't hit Japan as hard as the Depression in the 1930s hit America.
2. In place here means established or active. The sentence means that a smaller number of universities have formal hiring freezes in place than in 2009.
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