考研英语长难句讲解 第65期

 6. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized¹.

【分析】并列复合句。and 连接两个并列分句。第一个分句主干为 Journalistic tastes had changed。long before his death 作时间状语。第二个分句的主干为：postmodern readers have little use；介词结构 for the richly upholstered...作状语，其中含有 which 引导的定语从句修饰 prose。

【译文】早在他去世以前，新闻业的品味就已经改变了，而且后现代的读者们很少阅读他所擅长的有华丽修饰的文章。

【点拨】upholstered "经过布置的"，本句中意为“雕饰的，修饰的”；richly upholstered “华丽修饰的”。

7. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz the US court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said if it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents.

【分析】复合句。句子主干为 the US court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said...，said 后面是一个省略 that 的宾语从句。从句主干为 it would use a particular case; to conduct...为目的状语。In a move...作状语，其中包含 that 引导的定语从句修饰 move，定语从句中使用了have sb.do sth.“让某人做某事”的结构。

【译文】在一次令知识产权律师们争论不休的行动中，美国联邦巡回上诉法院称，他们将利用一个特别的案例对商业方法专利进行广泛的审查。

【点拨】作形容词时，意为“嗡嗡的，嘁嘁喳喳的；活泼的”；作动词时意为“嗡嗡叫”。本句中用作动词，表达“争论不休”的意思。

1 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。