復(fù)雜的比較級(jí)的拆分和理解 例179

例179　Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly and summer homes, European travel, BMWs—the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這是個(gè)并列句子，第一個(gè)并列句主干是Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs，是一個(gè)很有特色的比較級(jí)，第二個(gè)并列句是主語(yǔ)是summer homes, European travel, BMWs，破折號(hào)后面是主語(yǔ)的同位語(yǔ)，也就是the locations, place names and name brands，動(dòng)詞是may change，后面是but引導(dǎo)的轉(zhuǎn)折句but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago，該句還是個(gè)重要的比較級(jí)。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于并列句前后兩個(gè)很經(jīng)典的比較級(jí)，都是not...less than...，表示“不少于以前”，能合理的把兩個(gè)比較級(jí)進(jìn)行并列，很經(jīng)典，而且里面的主語(yǔ)大量使用并列和排比這種語(yǔ)法，很時(shí)尚。

【核心詞匯】

interested in success　對(duì)成功感興趣

summer homes　消夏別墅

European travel　歐陸旅行

name brands　有名品牌

such items　這類(lèi)事物

in demand　渴求

【參考譯文】當(dāng)然，人們現(xiàn)在對(duì)成功及其各種標(biāo)志的興趣似乎并不亞于先前。消夏別墅、歐陸旅行、寶馬車(chē)——地點(diǎn)、地名以及品牌或許會(huì)有變化，但這類(lèi)事物在今天被人渴求的程度也似乎不會(huì)亞于一二十年前。