Three sun-belt states—Florida, Texas and California—together had nearly 10 million more people in 1980 than a decade earlier.
老师,这句话不理解,比较级部分不懂,求解释!
刘老师:
Three sun-belt states -- Florida, Texas and California -- together had nearly 10 million more people in 1980 than a decade earlier.
【翻译】三个阳光充沛的州---佛罗里达、得克萨斯和加利福尼亚,1980年的总共人口比10年前增加了近1000万。
【分析】
1. 10 million more people than:比.....多出1000万。
2. more people in 1980 than a decade earlier:相比较的成分是时间,这也是本句中唯一的可以平行比较的成分——in 1980 和a decade earlier。