托福阅读长难句精讲每日一句 第35期
日期:2014-09-03 16:50

(单词翻译:单击)

35.In agriculture,the transformation was marked by the emergence of the grainelevators,the cottonpresses,thewarehouses,and thecommodity exchangesthat seemed to so many of thenation's farmers the visible sign of a vast conspiracy against them.

(特殊结构marked by;定语从句that seemed…the visible sign…)

在农业上,这一变化的标志是谷物升降机、皮棉打包机厂、货栈和商品交换的出现,对全国的众多农民来说它们是反对农民的大阴谋的明显标志。

分句1:In agriculture,the transformation was marked bythe emergence of the grain elevators,the cotton presses,the warehouses,and the commodity exchanges

分句2:that seemed to so many of thenation's farmers the visible sign of a vast conspiracy against them

分句1是整个长句子的主句,其中宾语部分是由几个并列短语构成的

分句2是分句1的定语从句,进一步解释了这些东西何以成为了“标志”

1和2嵌套

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重点单词
  • commodityn. 商品,日用品
  • conspiracyn. 阴谋
  • transformationn. 转型,转化,改造
  • vastadj. 巨大的,广阔的 n. 浩瀚的太空
  • visibleadj. 可见的,看得见的 n. 可见物
  • emergencen. 出现,浮现,露出