2018年考研英語(yǔ):長(zhǎng)難句練習(xí)及解析(40)

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It’s a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.
    【核心詞匯】
    subscribe v.訂閱,同意
    flourish v.繁榮,興旺
    determine v.決定,判決,使……下定決心
    in practice實(shí)際上
    【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】
    本句是由but連接兩個(gè)分句,第一個(gè)分句的主干部分是It’s a theory,后面緊跟了一個(gè)which引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句,but后面的分句主語(yǔ)是it,謂語(yǔ)是leaves,determining是介詞of的賓語(yǔ),后邊接了兩個(gè)并列的賓語(yǔ)從句:which companies will flourish and which will fail。
    【參考譯文】
    這種理論得到了多數(shù)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的認(rèn)同,但在實(shí)際操作中,它常常使得鐵路公司處于決定誰(shuí)興誰(shuí)敗的位置。