復(fù)雜的定語(yǔ)從句的拆分和理解 例39

例39　The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】主語(yǔ)中心語(yǔ)是The paid manager acting for the company，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是was in more direct relation with，賓語(yǔ)是the men and their demands, but后面的主語(yǔ)是he，動(dòng)詞是had，賓語(yǔ)是that familiar personal knowledge, that familiar personal knowledge翻譯成私人的了解，of the workmen是定語(yǔ)修飾前面的knowledge, which the employer had often had...是個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句修飾workmen, under the more patriarchal system of the old family business是個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)做狀語(yǔ)修飾前面的定語(yǔ)從句，now passing away是個(gè)分詞短語(yǔ)，修飾前面的old family business。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于采用了定語(yǔ)從句which，里面又套了介詞短語(yǔ)under，又套了分詞定語(yǔ)passing away，是個(gè)典型定語(yǔ)從句里面套介詞短語(yǔ)的結(jié)構(gòu)，在考研中是很重要的結(jié)構(gòu)。

【核心詞匯】

the paid manager　花錢(qián)雇來(lái)的經(jīng)理

in more direct relation with　與某某有更加直接關(guān)系

had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of　很少能夠有私人之間了解

more patriarchal system of the old family business　更加家長(zhǎng)式的制度下

pass away　消失

【參考譯文】代表公司的花錢(qián)雇來(lái)的經(jīng)理與工人及其需求的關(guān)系更加直接，但是就連他對(duì)工人們也沒(méi)有那種熟識(shí)的私人之間的了解，而在現(xiàn)在正在消失的古老家族公司的那種更加家長(zhǎng)式的制度下的雇主們卻常常對(duì)他們的工人有這樣的私人之間的了解。