Inthepastdecade,someofthefarmersinthewestofChinahavemetwithsomesuccessinthestruggleagainsttheexpandingdesert.1.为什么decade不用复述,它可数啊2.inthestruggleagainsttheexpandingdesert怎么翻译,struggle和again

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In the past decade,some of the farmers in the west of China have met with some success in the struggle against the expanding desert.
1.为什么decade不用复述,它可数啊
2.in the struggle against the expanding desert怎么翻译,struggle和 against 分别什么词性,怎么可以连用啊,语法上感觉怪怪的,什么结构啊

Answer 1

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In the past decade 没有语法错误 “在过去的十年”
In the past decades “在过去的数十年”
2,struggle 名词/动词 against 介词 struggle against 习惯搭配 “与...斗争”
some success in the struggle against the expanding desert 在努力阻止沙漠扩大方面取得一定的成功