醫學考博英語長難句解析(四)

1.名詞性從句，包括主語從句、賓語從句、表語從句和同位語從句;

2.形容詞性從句，即我們平常所說的定語從句;

3.狀語從句，在句子中通常是時間地點方式的狀語。

長難句解析

10. Apart from the fact that twenty-seven acts of Parliament govern the

terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to

live up to the promise of his advertisements.

【詞匯】

apart from: 除此之外;除去;撇開......來說

parliament: n. 議會，國會

term: n. 條款;術語;期限

fail to do: 未能(做)......，沒能(做)......

live up to: 達到高標準;;實行;履行

【句式結構】

①句子主干成分為：no regular advertiser dare promote a product...，其中 dare 做情態動詞;

②定于從句：that fails to live up to ...advertisements，修飾先行詞 a product;

③介詞短語做狀語：Apart from the fact...advertising，表示“除去......的事實外”;

④同位語從句：that twenty-seven acts of Parliament govern the terms of

advertising，解釋說明 the fact。

【翻譯】

除去議會有 27 件法案來規范廣告的條件，沒有任何一個正式的廣告商敢于推銷一種商品卻不能兌現其在廣告中的承諾。

11. If its message were confined merely to information — that in itself

would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the

choice of the color of a shirt is subtly persuasive——advertising would be so

boring that no one would pay any attention.

【詞匯】

be confined to: 局限于;禁閉于...

subtly: adv. 隱隱約約地

persuasive: adj. 有說服力的;勸誘的

pay attention to: 注意;關注

【句式結構】

①句子主干為：advertising would be so boring...;

②結果狀語從句：that no one would pay any attention;

③條件狀語從句：If its message were confined merely to information，以及后面并列的條件句

that...would be difficult...，其中 that 指代前面的整個句子，即，If its message were confined

merely to information。be difficult if not impossible

是個常見的搭配表達，意思是“很難做到......”。

④原因狀語從句：for even a detail...is subtly persuasive，其中 such as the choice of

the color of a shirt 作為一個插入語。

【翻譯】

如果其信息只被局限于告知一一就廣告而言，如果這不是完全不可能達到的，也是非常難做的，因為如果連一個諸如襯衫顏色的選擇這樣的細節都具有微妙的說服力，那么廣告就會非常乏味以至于沒有人會關注它。

12. The workers who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the

foreigner who learns a new language——all these are examples of people who have

measurable results to show for their efforts.

【詞匯】

promotion: n. 促進，增進，(商品等的)推廣

foreigner: n. 外國人;外人;陌生人

Measurable: adj. 可量度的;可測量的;可預見的

【句式分析】

①句子的主干是：all these are examples of people...;

②定語從句：

who gets a promotion 修飾先行詞 The workers;

whose grades improve 修飾先行詞 the student;

who learns a new language 修飾先行詞 the foreigner;

who have measurable results...修飾先行詞 people;

③不定式做目的狀語：to show for their efforts。

【翻譯】

得到了升遷的工人們，成績進步的學生，學會了一門新語言的外國人——這些都是那些有可衡量的結果來顯示其努力的人們的例證