The increase in numbers of married women employed outside the home in the twentieth century had less to do with the mechanization of house work and an increase in leisure time for these women than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool of single women workers, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
詞匯突破：
have to do with… 與…有關(guān)
Economic necessity 經(jīng)濟(jì)需求
pool of single women workers 單身女工的資源
high marriage rates 高結(jié)婚率
句子解析：
主干識(shí)別： 在主干中出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)比較結(jié)構(gòu)：
A had less to do with B and C than A did with D and E
A = The increase
B= mechanization
C= an increase
D= their own economic necessity
E= high marriage rates
并列中加不加with都是可以的;
(與其說(shuō)A與BC 有關(guān)，還不如說(shuō)與DE有關(guān)。)
其他成分: high marriage rates后出現(xiàn)定語(yǔ)從句
that shrank the available pool of single women workers, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
微觀分析：the only women(whom) employers would hire.
The ONLY women = single women workers
同位語(yǔ)中加上一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句其中whom被省略了。, previously, in many cases狀語(yǔ)
參考譯文：20世紀(jì)，在家庭外被雇傭的女性人數(shù)增加了，這與其說(shuō)是由于家務(wù)活的機(jī)器化和閑暇時(shí)間的增加，還不如說(shuō)是由于女性自身的經(jīng)濟(jì)需求和由于高結(jié)婚率。正是高結(jié)婚率減少了單身女工勞動(dòng)力資源的數(shù)量，而在這之前很多情況下，她們是雇主們會(huì)雇傭的女性。
詞匯突破：
have to do with… 與…有關(guān)
Economic necessity 經(jīng)濟(jì)需求
pool of single women workers 單身女工的資源
high marriage rates 高結(jié)婚率
句子解析：
主干識(shí)別： 在主干中出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)比較結(jié)構(gòu)：
A had less to do with B and C than A did with D and E
A = The increase
B= mechanization
C= an increase
D= their own economic necessity
E= high marriage rates
并列中加不加with都是可以的;
(與其說(shuō)A與BC 有關(guān)，還不如說(shuō)與DE有關(guān)。)
其他成分: high marriage rates后出現(xiàn)定語(yǔ)從句
that shrank the available pool of single women workers, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
微觀分析：the only women(whom) employers would hire.
The ONLY women = single women workers
同位語(yǔ)中加上一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句其中whom被省略了。, previously, in many cases狀語(yǔ)
參考譯文：20世紀(jì)，在家庭外被雇傭的女性人數(shù)增加了，這與其說(shuō)是由于家務(wù)活的機(jī)器化和閑暇時(shí)間的增加，還不如說(shuō)是由于女性自身的經(jīng)濟(jì)需求和由于高結(jié)婚率。正是高結(jié)婚率減少了單身女工勞動(dòng)力資源的數(shù)量，而在這之前很多情況下，她們是雇主們會(huì)雇傭的女性。