TPO Official Reading 17 Passage 3 - Europe’s Early Sea Trade with Asia

nonpublic123

這是承接上一篇的Reading 17 Passage 3，在第四題的選項C:

The increase in commercial activity by using sea routes reflects the importance trade between East and West had for investors seeking great profits.

其中the importance 跟 trade 之間是省略了一個that嗎?

the importance that trade between East and West had for investors seeking great profits

The increase in commercial activity by using sea routes reflects the importance (that trade between East and West had) for investors seeking great profits.

使用海上路線的商業活動的增加反映出東西方之間的貿易有著對於那些在尋找龐大利潤的投資者的重要性??

C選項這段文字我始終無法很好的理解，特別是had for是想要表達甚麼意思? 謝謝。

dunchee

nonpublic123 其中the importance 跟 trade 之間是省略了一個that嗎?

Yes.

nonpublic123 特別是had for是想要表達甚麼意思?

"had"的受詞是省略的關代 that ，也就是關係子句之前的的 "the importance" → "trade ... had the importance for investors seeking great profits"。意思的話你已經翻出來了: ".... 有著..." "... 對於 ..."

nonpublic123

感謝您的解釋，這讓我卡住的思緒通暢了。