奇怪的语法问题,希望高手明示

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/06/03 22:25:28
although the overall relationship between freedom and consumption is complex, countries that have become freer in the past two decades are more likely to have registered an increase in their consumption rates
既然是完成时(have registered),为什么又是可能(are more likely to),要是就是,怎么还可能呢?敝人愚钝,望高手指教。
原句出自Finicial Times.

很可能已经:表示在现在对未知趋势的推测

比如:妈妈很可能已经到家了(不能肯定是否到家)

My mother is more like to have arrived home.

括号里的是修饰“国家”的
countries( that have become freer in the past two decades) are more likely to have registered an increase in their consumption rates
……在过去的十年里已经变得更自由的国家现在很有可能……
弄清句意就不难了
有时候英语不一定要靠语法去理解,联系你的现实生活,随着社会的进步,国家更民主更自由,因而消费水平也会上升