1.If it was not for human-induced global warming, this sweltering European summer would have been less than half as likely.
人类若没引发全球变暖,欧洲这样炎热夏季的出现概率将降低一半。
问:这里的as likely后面是否省略了as it is now ,即气温要比目前少一半?还是说到as likely句子就结束了。
2. For example, in the health care field, people with disabilities are more than twice as likely to report finding health care provider skills inadequate to meet their needs.
举例来讲,在卫生保健范围,残疾人报告发现卫生保健提供者的技能不足以满足其需要的可能性是正常人的两倍以上。
这里as likely后面的句子还是否有问题,report finding health care provider skills inadequate to meet their needs. 这个如何断句?谢谢!
二个句子中的half as likely和twice as likely 均为倍数表示法,前者表示一半的可能性,后者表示二倍的可能性。more than 和 less than修饰倍数词,表示不到或超越的意思。
可以理解as likely后面省略了as比较分句。但一般和哪个比较是非常了解的,故无必要表示出as比较分句。
比如:I like your house. My house is less than half as big.