考研英语长难句讲解 第229期

 　　3. These days the Net, which has already remade such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation¹ as well.

　　【分析】复合句。句子的主干是the Net... is reshaping Donovan’s vocation。these days 为时间状语，which 引导的非限制性定语从句补充说明the Net，其中包含such…as 构。

　　【译文】如今互联网已经改变了一些日常消遣，比如像购书和发邮件，现在也同样在重塑多诺万所从事的职业。

　　【点拨】l)remake意为“再制，改造”。2)pastime意思是“消遗，娱乐”。3)reshape用作及物动词，意为“重新塑造，改造，再成形”。

　　4. The winner,by a large margin², was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.

　　【分析】复合句。句子的主干是the winner — was a tiny Virginia company。by a large margin 是插入语,在句中充当状语;过去分词短语called Open Source Solutions 和从句whose…of the electronic world都作定语修饰主句的表语company。

　　【译文】以绝对优势贏得比赛的是弗吉尼亚的一家小公司，名叫“公开来源情报公司”，其明显的优势便是对电子世界的掌握。

　　【点拨】l)by a margin指“以…（幅度）之差”，如win the seat by a margin of ten votes 以十票优势贏得席位，by a large margin意为“大幅度地，以很大优势”。2)clear advantage 意为“明显的优势”。3)mastery 在此处意为“精通，掌握，熟练”，此外还有“支配，统治；优势，优胜" 的含义。

1 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。

2 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。