2017考研英語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句解析(5)

　　今天我們繼續(xù)來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)2017考研英語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句，先看句子：

　　1. The increase in numbers of married women employed outside the home in the twentieth century had less to do with the mechanization of house work and an increase in leisure time for these women than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool of single women workers, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.

　　【詞匯突破】 have to do with... 與……有關(guān)

　　Economic necessity 經(jīng)濟(jì)需求

　　pool of single women workers 單身女工的資源

　　high marriage rates 高結(jié)婚率

　　【主干識(shí)別】A had less to do with B and C than A did with D and E. 與其說(shuō)A與BC 有關(guān)，還不如說(shuō)與DE有關(guān)。

　　【譯文賞析】20世紀(jì)，在家庭外被雇傭的女性人數(shù)增加了，這與其說(shuō)是由于家務(wù)活的機(jī)器化和閑暇時(shí)間的增加，還不如說(shuō)是由于女性自身的經(jīng)濟(jì)需求和由于高結(jié)婚率。正是高結(jié)婚率減少了單身女工勞動(dòng)力資源的數(shù)量，而在這之前很多情況下，她們是雇主們會(huì)雇傭的唯一女性。

　　2. Our dreams are the internal powerful engine and the compass that may enable us to bring up our potential glowing capacity and to guide ourselves into the future.

　　【詞匯突破】compass羅盤

　　glowing炫目的

　　potential潛能

　　【譯文賞析】夢(mèng)想是激發(fā)我們潛能的內(nèi)在引擎，是帶我們?nèi)ネ�遠(yuǎn)方的羅盤。

　　The same dramatic technological changes that have provided marketers with more (and more diverse) communications choices have also increased the risk that passionate consumers will voice their opinions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways.

　　【詞匯突破】dramatic 巨大的

　　Passionate 情緒激動(dòng)的

　　【句子切分】1. The same dramatic technological changes have provided marketers with more (and more diverse) communications choices(定語(yǔ)從句that=the same dramatic technological changes)

　　2. The same dramatic technological changes have also increased the risk.(主句)

　　3. Passionate consumers will voice their opinions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways.(同位語(yǔ)從句)

　　【譯文賞析】劇烈的技術(shù)變革使?fàn)I銷人員獲得了數(shù)量更多、種類更廣的溝通選擇，但 同時(shí)也帶來(lái)了更高的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，因?yàn)榧��?dòng)的消費(fèi)者能夠以更迅速、更明顯、 更有害的方式來(lái)表達(dá)他們的意見(jiàn)。

　　3. The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs, a result that has been reinforced by the widespread introduction of refereeing, first by national journals in the 19th century and then by several local geological journals in the 20th century.

　　【詞匯突破】reinforced 加強(qiáng)

　　introduction 引入和制定

　　refereeing 推薦制度

　　journal 期刊

　　【主干識(shí)別】The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs 主系表結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　【譯文賞析】這樣一來(lái)總的結(jié)果便是業(yè)余愛(ài)好者想在專業(yè)地質(zhì)學(xué)期刊上發(fā)表文章就更難了，而被廣泛使用的論文評(píng)審?fù)扑]制度又進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)化了這一結(jié)果，該種制度先被19世紀(jì)的國(guó)家級(jí)刊物引入，在20世紀(jì)，又被幾家地方級(jí)地質(zhì)學(xué)刊物所使用。

　　4. Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary-particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.

　　【主干識(shí)別】并列句一cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary-particle physics

　　并列句二many astrophysicists have been convinced that it is true

　　【詞匯突破】cosmic inflation 宇宙膨脹說(shuō)

　　scientifically plausible consequence 科學(xué)上可信的推論

　　respected idea 公認(rèn)的理論

　　in elementary-particle physics 基本粒子物理學(xué)

　　convinced 相信

　　for the better part of a decade 七八年來(lái)

　　【譯文賞析】雖然這個(gè)理論聽(tīng)起來(lái)很奇怪，但宇宙膨脹說(shuō)卻是從基本粒子物理學(xué)中一些公認(rèn)的理論中得出的從科學(xué)角度講合理的推論。許多天體物理學(xué)家七八年來(lái)一直認(rèn)為這一論說(shuō)是正確的。

　　5. Investors and companies are still jittery. Those worried that a new internet bubble pumped up by wild dreams and unabashed greed is now deflating will be watching closely to see whether tech firm’s latest results give further cause for alarm.

　　【詞匯突破】jittery 小心謹(jǐn)慎

　　Internet bubble 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)泡沫

　　unabashed greed 不知廉恥的貪婪

　　deflate破裂

　　alarm警報(bào);恐慌 例：There is no cause for alarm.不必驚慌。

　　techfirm 科技公司

　　【譯文賞析】投資者和公司依然緊張不安，小心謹(jǐn)慎。有些人擔(dān)心由狂野的夢(mèng)想和不知廉恥的貪婪所催生(pumped up)的新的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)泡沫正在破裂;他們將更緊密地觀察以確定科技公司最近的表現(xiàn)(results)是否會(huì)引發(fā)進(jìn)一步的恐慌。