it是形式主语,指代后面的动词不定式短语,
it 和than后面的 journey构成比较关系
it指代moon是说不过去的,
【 在 zuohan 的大作中提到: 】
: Because the Moon has only an eightieth of the Earth's mass, it requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth's surface into orbit!
: 一种观点是,to travel......作目的状语 (问题是,it指代什么?)
: 另一种观点是,to travel......为真正主语,而it为形式主语
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