考研英语长难句讲解 第181期

 　　1. People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption" launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered "vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere."

　　【分析】复合句。句子主干为People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption"。launched by…作后置定语,修饰 a culture of consumption,其中包含 that 定语从句，修饰限制department stores。

　　【译文】人们沉迷于一种由19世纪的百货商店所掀起的“消费文化”中。这些商店“在优雅的购物环境中提供琳琅满目的商品”。

　　【点拨】array作动词时，意为“部署”或“穿着”。作名词时，意为“展示;陈列”，“大堆；大量”或“数组，阵列”。

　　2. "Instead of intimate shops catering¹ to a knowledgeable² elite," these were stores "anyone could enter, regardless of class or background."

　　【分析】复合句。句子主干为these were stores。介词结构 instead of …作状语，其中 catering to...作 intimate shops的后置定语;anyone could…又是省略引导词的定语从句修饰stores。

　　【译文】与那些只满足有品位的精英人士需求的精品店铺不同，这些商店“无论阶层背景，人人皆可踏足其间。

　　【点拨】intimate常用意为“亲密的，密切的”，本句中意为“精致的，优雅的”。

1 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

2 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。