復雜的否定句的拆分和理解 例188

例188　Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently access how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.

【結構分析】主干是we have a certain conception of the American citizen，同位語是a character，后面是定語從句who is incomplete，后面加上狀語從句if he cannot competently access...，后面加上賓語從句how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于：第一，三種從句連環(huán)相套，既定語從句套狀語從句，狀語從句套上賓語從句；第二，雙重否定很經(jīng)典，有氣勢。

【核心詞匯】

a certain conception of the American citizen　具有的是作為美國公民的某種觀念

character　公民人物

incomplete　不完整的

competently　很恰當?shù)?

access　認識到

livelihood and happiness　生存和幸福

【參考譯文】我們更應該具有的是作為美國公民的某種觀念，這個公民人物如果不能很恰當?shù)卣J識到自己的生存和幸福是如何受到自身之外的事物的影響，那么其公民特征就是不完整的。