今天我在看书时，上面有两句话标明是同义句。可我总觉得有差别。请各位帮忙看一下！1 O2 o- z8 I7 r8 V- d
The invention of the steam engine played a major role in the Industrial Revolution because it caused the factory system to extend itself to many areas of production apart from the cotton industry.9 w+ \8 r3 p# O  C9 L
The factory system spread across a large number of enterprises in addition to cotton manufacturing as a result of the introduction of steam engines.
: O3 W5 l6 N5 H# ]我觉得第一句话是说除了cotton industry， 但是第二句式包括了cotton industry。
0 B" n7 x3 o* ]( K能否指教一下我是哪理解错了吗？谢谢大家了！！6 [8 N. ~4 Q6 e3 K$ M1 x% K1 v
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[ 本帖最后由 doyouknow 于 2008-2-1 18:30 编辑 ]

两句意思similar, k5 b9 U' H3 ]: I: l. e
注意apart from A, B.....就是除了A这样, B也是一样,A是包括进去的

哦，这样啊，那我就明白了。谢谢啊！！