考研英语长难句讲解 第187期

 　　13. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) - lean, pointed¹, dedicated² faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers³ and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a. m.

　　【分析】复合句。句子主干为They all seem to look alike,破折号后修饰性短语对句子主干进行补充说明。不定式结构to buy...作目的状语；held for…和sold to… 作tickets的后置定语，其中又嵌套一个when引导的时间状语从句。

　　【译文】尽管来自天南海北，但他们看起来都一个样：瘦削，棱角分明，面容专注，身着牛仔裤和便鞋，啃着自带的干果面包，晚上睡在剧院外的石板上，为了赶在票房早上10:30开门时候，买到为这些露宿者准备的20张坐票和80张站票。

　　【点拨】l)pointed“尖的；明显的;尖锐犀利的”。2)dedicated“专注的；献身的”。3)bed down“睡下，过夜”。

　　14. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game,and were quickly hunted to extinction⁴.

　　【分析】简单句。主语是the large slow-growing animals；and连接两个并列的谓语were和were hunted。

　　【译文】那些庞大而生长缓慢的动物容易被追逐，因此很快就被猎获殆尽。

　　【点拨】1)本句中game是“猎物”的意思。2)be hunted to extinction“被猎获殆尽”。

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 sleepers   

n.卧铺（通常以复数形式出现）；卧车( sleeper的名词复数 )；轨枕；睡觉（呈某种状态）的人；小耳环

参考例句：

• He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步，以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
• The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了，只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句

4 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。