英语语法 句子理解
问题描述：
英语语法 句子理解
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17 and 18 centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land,and thus the means to provide a living for themselves.
thus the means to 是什么成分 thus 为什么直接加了名词?
答
有省略,thus they got the means to provide a living for themselves
于是他们得到自谋生路的手段/方式