Question

求分析一下这句英文句子结构

Much less of it was desert than is now the case.
than的前面和后面都不懂，than后面怎么是be+adv+n呢？

Answer 1

Much less of it 是主语，was 系动词谓语，desert 表语，than is now the case 比较状语从句。从句中主语省去了，is系动词谓语，now 副词作状语，修饰is，the case 是is的表语。

追答

全句汉义：那时的沙漠比现在少得多。

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