新GRE考试阅读长难句典型结构解析

 　　1.、长成分

　　1)长从句做主语、宾语及其他成分

　　a、主语从句 b、宾语从句

　　2)长状语 外语学习网

　　3)层层修饰

　　4)并列成分

　　2、常见倒装搭配

　　(1)及物动词加介词：固定词组的固定搭配中，经常出现倒装情况，如：bring A to B，写作：bring to B A

　　例：Yet Waltzer’s argument , however deficient¹ , does point to one ofthe most serious weaknesses of capitalism-namely , that it brings topredominant positions in a society people who ,no matter howlegitimately they have earned their material rewards , often lack thoseother qualities that evoke² affection or admiration³.

　　类似的情况：throw over , insert into , import into , infer from, establish for, advocate as 等

　　(2)及物动词加副词

　　例：make possible …(单词或者句子)

　　3、省略的几种情况

　　(1)重复的成分

　　(2)让步转折的省略：如although (but)

　　(3)定语从句引导词的省略which(that )

　　(4)定语从句的引导词和系动词同时省略，变成后置定语

　　如：qualities(such as “the capacity for hard work”) essential in producing wealth

　　4、 短语被分割

　　如：such as, so that , too to , more than , from A to B , between A and B

　　5、多重否定

　　如：Despite these vague categories , one should not claimunequivocally that hostility⁴ between recognizable classes cannot belegitimately observed .

　　6、难句分析举例

　　Such large, impersonal⁵ manipulation of capital and industry greatlyincreased the numbers and importance of shareholders⁶ as a class , anelement in national life representing irresponsible wealth detachedfrom the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equallydetached from the responsible management of business.[句子主干]Such large,impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased…shareholders as a class, (which was) an element…

　　[语法难点]本句是典型的非限定性定语从句，难点在其主语和宾语都有较长的短语和of结构限定，并且分句是由两个and相连的3个部分组成的。分句an element…landowners 又带有两个定语从句，一个是(which was)representing…，另一个是(which was)detached…可见，定语从句的难点在于经常省略“引导词+be”的结构，从而在理解上容易和分词结构相混淆。

　　[句子翻译] 对资本和企业的这种大规模的非个人操纵大大增加了股东作为一个阶级的数量和重要性。这个阶层作为国计民生的一部分，代表了非个人责任的财富与土地及土地所有者应尽义务的分离，而且也几乎与责任管理相分离。

1 deficient   

adj.不足的，不充份的，有缺陷的

参考例句：

• The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
• I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。

2 evoke   

vt.唤起，引起，使人想起

参考例句：

• These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
• Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。

3 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

4 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

5 impersonal   

adj.无个人感情的，与个人无关的，非人称的

参考例句：

• Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远，没有人情味。
• His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。

6 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任