1、On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with reforms to an obviously indulgent system.
问题1:请教曹老师，trying 目前分词为定语还是随着状语呢？另外，for the 为什么后面只跟了better和complete这两个形容词而没名词呢？我感觉从语义上来讲，应该是for the better , complete lives由于和for前lives重复，所以省略了。
2、In this as in much else, those who wish to influence the future must prepare for it.
问题2:请教曹老师，In this as in much else这个结构如何剖析呢？为什么as后面接了一个介词短语呢？是由于In much else和in this本来是两个句子，但由于主句相同，而通过一个比较结构融合成了一个句子么？
1 for the better为习语，意为：Resulting in or aiming at an improvement。其中better为名词，意为：something that is the more excellent, useful, etc, of two such things。例句：Her condition took a turn for the better. 关于这个句子的具体剖析，你可参读百度上的这个链接：坚持打卡DAY34|23考研英语每天一句
2 as+介词短语应该是比较分句的省略。as意为像...一样。
