考研英语长难句讲解 第34期

 9. It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers¹ in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

【分析】复合句。句子主干为 It's like the teacher。who 引导定语从句修饰 the teacher。by pairing 作方式状语。

【译文】这就像老师会把教师后排爱惹麻烦的学生和品行颇为端正的学生安排在一起，以纠正他们的行为。

【点拨】pair“一双，一对”，本句中作动词，意为“（使...）成对”。

【临摹】父母最终同意女儿同那位年轻人结婚。

10. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified² outrage³ in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide⁴ by the state's strict nuclear regulations.

【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 The company...provoked...outrage。a major...England 为 The company 的同位语，对其进行解释说明。when 引导定语从句，修饰 last week，该从句中又包含一个省略了引导词的从句 it...regulations 作 announced 的宾语。to abide by...regulations 为不定式短语作后置定语，修饰commitment。

【译文】在新英格兰地区，一家主要能源供应商 Entergy 公司上周声称不准备兑现长期严格遵守核能法规的承诺，这在佛蒙特州理所当然激起了众怒。

【点拨】provoke“对...挑衅，激怒”，本句中意为“引起，激起”。

临摹答案：

9. The parents finally agreed to pair their daughter with that young man.

1 troublemakers   

n.惹是生非者，捣乱者( troublemaker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was employed to chuck out any troublemakers. 他受雇把捣乱者赶走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers. 她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

3 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

4 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。