考研英语长难句讲解 第176期

 　　21. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their wont¹ accounting² and compliance³ troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them-especially in America-the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably⁴ lead to heads rolling in the executive suite:data insecurity.

　　【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 insecurity 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】正当老板和董事长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—数提不安全—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),进而不可避免的导致管理层们走马换任。

　　【点拨】sort作名词是意为“种类，类型”，本句中，该词作动作，意为“分类，整理；使明确”。

　　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 banking⁵, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss's agenda in businesses of every variety.

　　【分析】简单句。句子主〒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短语的理解，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、低层次的值息技术员的工作,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亊日程的重要位置。

1 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

2 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。

3 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。

4 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

5 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。