He announced that profits were higher than_________ forecast.
A. current B. previous C. later D. 不填
这句是Swan的著作上的。forecast有两种过去时和过去分词形式:forecast和forecasted,估计你出这题的意思就在于此。
Sidney Greenbaum曾经写过这样一段话:
The preferred past tense and participle is forecast rather than forecasted, though both forms exist: He forecast(ed) a wet summer, A wet summer has been forecast(ed).
报刊杂志上这两种形式确实都有,than forecast确实出现的频率高一点。