托福阅读备考之长难句分析:键盘乐器
英语课
In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord 1, and the harpsichord 2 became the chief instruments of the keyboard group,a supremacy 3 they maintained until the piano supplanted 4 them at the end of the eighteenth century.
(同位语a supremacy)
17世纪时风琴、敲弦琴和拨弦琴成为键盘乐器类的主要成员,这种至高无上的地位一直由它们保持,直到18世纪末被钢琴所取代。
分句1:In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group,
分句2:a supremacy
分句3:they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century
分句2是分句1的同位语,用来修饰说明分句1中的the chief instruments of the keyboard group,分句3是省略了 "that" 的定语从句,修饰分句2.
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1
clavichord
n.(敲弦)古钢琴
参考例句:
Our clavichord is kept in the living room.我们的击弦古钢琴是放在起居室里的。
The clavichord which my grandfather bought years ago was damaged.我祖父多年前买的古钢琴被损坏了。
2
harpsichord
n.键琴(钢琴前身)
参考例句:
I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.我会弹奏大键琴,同样地,我也会给大键琴调音。
Harpsichord music is readily playable.古钢琴音乐可以随时演奏。
3
supremacy
n.至上;至高权力
参考例句:
No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员,无人能胜过她。
Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说,她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。
4
supplanted
把…排挤掉,取代( supplant的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
In most offices, the typewriter has now been supplanted by the computer. 当今许多办公室里,打字机已被电脑取代。
The prime minister was supplanted by his rival. 首相被他的政敌赶下台了。
n.(敲弦)古钢琴
- Our clavichord is kept in the living room.我们的击弦古钢琴是放在起居室里的。
- The clavichord which my grandfather bought years ago was damaged.我祖父多年前买的古钢琴被损坏了。
n.键琴(钢琴前身)
- I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.我会弹奏大键琴,同样地,我也会给大键琴调音。
- Harpsichord music is readily playable.古钢琴音乐可以随时演奏。
n.至上;至高权力
- No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员,无人能胜过她。
- Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说,她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。
把…排挤掉,取代( supplant的过去式和过去分词 )
- In most offices, the typewriter has now been supplanted by the computer. 当今许多办公室里,打字机已被电脑取代。
- The prime minister was supplanted by his rival. 首相被他的政敌赶下台了。
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