WASHINGTON - After decades of maintaining a minimal nuclear force, China has re-engineered many of its long-range ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads, a step that federal officials and policy analysts say appears designed to give pause to the United States as it prepares to deploy more robust missile defenses in the Pacific.
我想問一下關於這裡有幾個文法問題:
a step that federal officials and policy analysts say appears designed...
為什麼動詞say後面又可以加個動詞appear,這裡的say apear又是什麼意思?
還有a step前面是不是有省略什麼東西,例如which is....之類的
文法回答麻煩詳盡一些
整篇報導麻煩也幫我翻譯一下
感激不盡!!
更新1:
如果照rjamesho兄的說法 那這樣appear跟designed都是動詞用在一起也怪怪的 designed被動的be動詞又省略在哪呢? 還是說報章文法都不用很正式? 謝謝大家的回答!
更新2:
還是說 appear designed 類似於 be designed?