每天一句的考研英語長難句解析
長難句
The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English ‘well’ or ‘very well’ after ten years of residence.”(2006年 Text1)
難句分析
本句是復(fù)合句,。主句賓語由that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句充當(dāng),,從句中a majority of 是表示數(shù)量的of短語,做定語修飾immigrants,,from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin是介詞短語做后置定語修飾immigrants,。‘well’ or ‘very well’是并列連詞or連接的副詞短語做狀語,,修飾spoke,,after ten years of residence為介詞短語做時間狀語,。
參考譯文
1990年人口普查顯示,,“來自于15個最常見的原籍國的大多數(shù)移民,在居住十年后英語說得‘好’或者‘非常好’,?!?