问一道GRE填空题
问题描述：
问一道GRE填空题
Ironically,the writer so wary of (i)__________ was (ii)__________ with ink and
paper,his novel running to 2,500 shagreen-bound folio pages — a fortune in
stationery at the time.
Blank (i) A probity B extravagance C disapprobation
Blank (ii) D acquisitive E illiberal F profligate
F
请不要分析逻辑
我的问题只有一个：
两个空之间的was是谁的谓语?怎么可以放在这里?该怎么翻译这个was?
答
Ironically,[the writer] [so wary of extravagance] [was profligate] [with ink andpaper],his novel running to 2,500 shagreen-bound folio pages — a fortune instationery at the time.[so wary of extravaga...