考研英语长难句讲解 第117期

 　　21. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting¹ and compliance², and improved their feeble corporation government, a new problem threatens to earn them—especially in America—the sort of nasty headlines that lead to rolling in the executive suite³: data security.

　　【分析】复合句。主句主干为 a new problem threatens to earn them the sort of nasty headlines。其后 that 引导定语从句修饰 headlines; data security 是 a new problem 的同位语。句首 as 引导时间状语从句，该从句包含两个并列的谓语结构 have sorted out...and improved...。

　　【译文】正当老板和董事会终于解决了最糟糕的财务和规章问题并加强其薄弱的公司管理之后，一个新的问题——数据不安全——又威胁到他们，使他们出现在令人厌恶的头版头条新闻中（尤其在美国），进而不可避免地导致管理层们走马换任。

　　【点拨】1) sort 作名词时意为“种类；类型”，本句中，该词作动词，意为“分类，整理；使明确”。2) compliance 意为“顺从，遵从”，in compliance with 是其常用的表达形式，意为“按照...依从...”。

　　22. Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking⁴, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss's agenda in businesses of very variety.

　　【分析】简单句。句子主干为 information protection is high on the boss's agenda。本句的难点在于对句首两个过去分词的理解二者均作句首状语。介词短语 of data-rich...air travel 作 concern 的后置定语。

　　【译文】在这之前，信息保护通常还只是临时的、低层次的信息技术员的工作，并且只被诸如银行、电信、航空公司等数据量大的行业重视，可现在这个问题被放在了各行各业老板的议事日程的重要位置。

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

3 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

4 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。