考研英语长难句讲解 第70期
时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:考研英语长难句讲解
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16. In their recent work, however, some researchers have come up with the finding that influentials have far less impact on social epidemics 2 than is generally supposed.
【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 some researchers have come up with the finding that...,that 引导的从句作 finding 的同位语。同位语从句主干为 influentials have...impact on social epidemics,其中包含比较结构 far less...than“比...少得多,远远不如”,far 表程度。
【译文】然而一些研究者在他们最近的工作中发现,有影响力的人物对社会流行风尚的影响远远不如想象的那么强大。
【点拨】come up with“追上;赶上;提出”,本句中是“提出”的意思。
【临摹】社会改革家有时会提出某些极端理想主义的想法。
17. The researchers' argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities 3 like Oprah Winfrey — whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence—even the most influential 1 members of a population simply don't interact with that many others.
【分析】冒号前的句子主干为 The researchers' argument stems from a...observation。冒号后的内容是对前一个句子中 observations 的解释,其主干为 even the most influential members of a population simply don't interact with that many others,其中 of a population 作 members 的后置定语。破折号前的 with 短语作状语,破折号之间的 whose 引导的定语从句修饰前面的 Oprah Winfrey。
【译文】研究者的评论来源于对社会影响的一项简单的观察:除少数像奥普拉·温弗瑞(她的超凡形象主要是通过媒体作用而非人际关系影响)之类的名人外,就连那些在某些群体中最具影响力的人物,其交流对象也不是那么多。
【点拨】1)outsize“特大的”,本句中意为“超凡的”。2)presence“出席;仪表;风度,气质”,本句中是“外鸟,形象”的意思。3)population 常用作不可数名词“人口”,本句中用作可数名词指代“特殊群体”。模拟答案:
16. Social reformers sometimes come up with some blue sky thoughts.
adj.有影响的,有权势的
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
n.流行病
- Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间,又会引入歧途。
- The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
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