托福閱讀長難句100句:創(chuàng)造雅典民主

　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution to the creation of democracy at Athens was to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures, especially among the aristocrats, and to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes, which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. (TPO40, 51)

　　democracy /d?'m?kr?s?/ n. 民主，民主政治，民主制度

　　clan /klæn/ n. 宗族，家族;集團，幫會

　　aristocrat /'ær?st?kræt/ n. 貴族

　　civic /'s?v?k/ adj. 城市的;市民的，公民的

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　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution (to the creation of democracy at Athens) was (to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures), (especially among the aristocrats), and (to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes), (which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. ) (TPO40, 51)

　　托福閱讀長難句100句分析：

　　這個句子的結構是：

　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution was 非謂語 and 非謂語

　　第一個非謂語：(to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures)

　　第二個非謂語：(to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes)

　　修飾一：(to the creation of democracy at Athens)，介詞短語

　　中文：在雅典創(chuàng)造民主

　　修飾二：(to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures) ，非謂語動詞

　　中文：完成了減弱家族和宗族結構的長期過程

　　修飾三：(especially among the aristocrats) ，介詞短語

　　中文：尤其是在貴族間

　　修飾四：(to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes) ，非謂語動詞

　　中文：在他們所在地方設置基于地點的稱之為demes團體

　　修飾五：(which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. ) ，從句

　　中文：這成為了雅典所有公民和大多數(shù)宗教生活的入口點。

　　托福閱讀長難句100句參考翻譯：

　　Cleisthenes對于創(chuàng)造雅典民主的主要貢獻是他完成了減弱家族和宗族結構(尤其是貴族家族和宗族結構)的長期的過程，并且在他們所在地方設置基于地點的稱之為demes團體，這成為了雅典所有公民和大多數(shù)宗教生活的入口點。

　　這個句子的主要修飾成分就是從句、介詞短語和非謂語動詞，大家務必想清楚，每一個修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個句子的結構。