Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as
because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
答案是D
我的作法是看到A,C being就不選哩 看到B, E裡頭又有多餘的as又不選
但其實D我有點看不懂耶
because their sales a year earlier had been so bad as much as because shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts
是可以還原成這樣的對比嗎(中間是as much as)