考研英语 长难句训练day6

例1：
For example, they do not compensate for gross social inequality//, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been //had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.

1.compensate for 弥补，补偿
2.inequality 不平等，不同
3.underprivileged 贫穷的，社会地位低下的
4.favorite 有利的，良好的
5.circumstance 环境，氛围

and并列两个主句
1、找主句的谓语动词：compensate for
主干1
they do not compensate for gross social inequality
他们不能弥补社会收入不平均
主干2
2.and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been
所以也不能说一个贫穷年轻人会多么能干

3. had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.（倒装
4. If he had grown up under more favorable circumstances）
   如果他在更好的环境下成长

比如说，他们不能弥补社会收入不平均，所以也不说一个贫穷的年轻人有多么能够，如果他生活在更好的环境下成长

例2：
How well the predictions will be validated by later performance // depends upon the amount，reliability，and appropriateness of the information used //and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted.

1.validate 使…生效，证明，证实
2.performance 表现，行为，解释
3.reliable 可依赖的，可信的
4.interpret 说明，解释

1.找主句的谓语动词： depends upon
How well the predictions will be validated by later performance
这些预言能够被以后的行为在很大程度上证实
2.
depends upon the amount，reliability，and appropriateness of the information used
取决于使用消息的数量，可靠性和合适性
3.（and连接两个句子，注意省略了depend upon 翻译时要加上）
and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted.
还取决于解释这些信息的技术和智慧

这些预言能够被以后的行为在恨到程度上证实，取决于使用的消息的数量，可靠性和合适性，还取决于解释这些信息的技术和智慧。

例3：
A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory// that dreams were the disguised shadows //of our unconscious desires and fears.

1.formulate 解释，明确表达
2.disguise 伪装，假装

1.找主句的谓语动词：formulated
主干
Freud formulated his revolutionary theory
Freud解释了他革命性的理论
2.状语A century ago
一个世纪以前
3.
that dreams were the disguised shadows
梦是一种反映
of our unconscious desires and fears.
我们无意识的欲望和恐惧

翻译：
一个世纪以前，Freud解释了他革命性的理论，这个理论是梦是我们无意识的欲望和恐惧的反映