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In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square
miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size
and that brought its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.


(A) In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000
square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the
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country's size and that brought

(C) With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000

square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and
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bringing


Key: C

A) which不能只帶整件事情,這點可以解!

我想請問的是在表達倍數的觀念,超過兩倍應該是 "more than double" ?!

C中的表達方式是 "more than doubling" 這樣表達算是正確嗎?!

印象中表達倍數用doubling / tripling 應該是錯的吧?! 有點困惑

若有錯誤請指正, 謝謝

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推 dawnlight:double 可當動詞、名詞、形容詞、副詞，都做二倍解。
→ dawnlight:本題除 A 項用動詞過去式外，餘四項都走 "句尾V-ing" (
→ dawnlight:comma+V-ing)結構，前身也是動詞但改為V-ing後，整個逗
→ dawnlight:號後方結構變成一個龐大的副詞片語修飾前方整句主詞+動
→ dawnlight:詞。整個句子的主要資訊是 With..., the US acquired..
→ dawnlight:., doubling... and bringing... 。more than 是 double
→ dawnlight:的修飾語。
→ dawnlight:若還原結構就是 the US (more than) doubled its size.
→ dawnlight:(走過去式)
→ IEEE5566:THANKS