考研英语长难句讲解 第45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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31. The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors 1, entrepreneurs and visionaries labor 2 to create a fabulous 3 machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.
【分析】复合句。句子主干为 The...century saw a collection...。to create...carrier 为不定式短语作目的状语,其中 that 引导定语从句,修饰machine。
【译文】20世纪下半叶,各路英才、战士、企业家以及空想家们联合起来努力创造了一种绝妙的机器,这种机器可用作打字机和印刷机、制片厂和影剧院、画笔和画廊、钢琴和收音机、邮件和邮差。
【点拨】1) entrepreneurs “企业家”。2)visionaries“空想家。理想主义者”。3) labor 作名词时意为“劳动”,作动词时意为“劳动,努力”。4)function 作名词时意为“功能”,作动词时意为“起作用”,常与 as 连用。
32. Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium 4 they had also managed to embed 5 in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people everyday.
【分析】并列句。句子使用了not only...but also...结构,由于 not only 位于句首,所以前一个分句采用了部分倒装。by the turn of the millennium 为时间状语,放在主语 they 之前使句子结构更加平衡。accessed by...day 为过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰 system。
【译文】他们不仅仅发明了这么一种装置,而且还在千禧之交成功将其置入了一个世界性的系统之中,这个系统的日访问量可达数十亿。
【点拨】1)embed“埋进,使嵌入”。2)access“进入,接近”。
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
- I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
- The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的
- We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
- This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。
n.一千年,千禧年;太平盛世
- The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
- We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。
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