考研英语长难句讲解 第225期

 　　21. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully¹ participate in our democracy.

　　【分析】简单句。句首介词短语without…others作条件状语，其中the ability后跟不定式短语to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others作其后置定语；句子的主语为they,谓语为cannot fully participate in，宾语为 our democracy。

　　【译文】如果没有能力进行批判性思维，维护自己的观点，并理解他人的观点，他们就不能充分地参与到我们的民主政治中来。

　　22. "Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege," writes historian and professor Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulitzer-Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education.

　　【分析】句子主干为一个完全倒装句。谓语writes放在主语historian and professor Richard Hofstadter 之前；宾语为直接引语。in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life作状语，斜体部分为书名，后面a Pulitzer-Prize inning book...是其同位语。

　　【译文】“才智被人们看作一种权力或特权而遭到憎恶，”历史学家理查德·霍夫斯塔特教授在他的《美国社会中的反才智主义》—书中这样写道。这本曾获普利策奖的书探讨了美国政治、宗教和教育中的反才智主义的根源。

　　【点拨】本句中on是“关于，以…为主题”的意思。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。