2021歷年考研英語經(jīng)典長難句復習（一）

　　

　　Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the center of our universe.

　　斷句：

　?、?Before each of their revelations,

　?、?many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking,

　?、?including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the center of our universe.

　　各部分結構：

　　① 時間狀語：Before each of their revelations

　?、谥髡Z(many thinkers )+ 定語(at the time)+謂語(had sustained)+ 賓語(more ancient ways of thinking)

　　③ 分詞短語做狀語：including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the center of our universe(其中that the Earth was at the center of our universe是同位語從句，解釋view).

　　參考譯文：

　　在他們每次作出發(fā)現(xiàn)之前，當時很多思想家都保有更古老的思維模式，包括地心說，即地球是我們宇宙的中心。