2021考研英語長難句復習（一四九）

　　

　　When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.

　　although 用法釋義：

　　雖然;盡管;即使

　　◆Although the sun was shining, it wasn"t very warm.

　　盡管太陽高照，卻不很暖和。

　　不過;然而

　　◆I felt he was wrong, although I didn't say so at the time.

　　我覺得他錯了，不過我當時沒有說出來。

　　參考譯文

　　當我決定辭去我的全職工作時， 我從未想到我會成為新國際潮流的一部分。一次平級的人事調(diào)動傷害了我的自尊心，并阻礙了我事業(yè)的發(fā)展，這促使我放棄了自己相對高調(diào)的職業(yè)生涯，然而，以像丟臉的政府部長的方式，我聲稱“ 我想花更多的時間和我的家人在一起”來掩飾我的辭職。