【長難句】

 

Howe’ s idea finds a complementary underpinning in what Matt Ridley describes in his book, "The Rational Optimist",wherein he concludes that it is trade, people exchanging ideas, that has been the engine of innovation.

 

【句子拆分】

 

主語 Howe’ s idea

 

謂語 finds

 

賓語 a complementary underpinning

 

【單詞解析】

 

單詞

 

complementary

 

音標(biāo)

 

[k?mpl?'ment(?)r?]

 

中文詞意

 

a. 補(bǔ)足的,補(bǔ)充的

 

【語法分析】

 

這句話的主語是"Howe’ s idea"，謂語"finds"，賓語"a complementary underpinning"，"what Matt Ridley describes in his book"為介詞賓語從句，"The Rational Optimist"是書的名字也就是"book"的同位語成份，"wherein"算是定語從句修飾"The Rational Optimist"，定語從句內(nèi)的"concludes"后面是賓語從句。

 

【譯文】

 

豪的想法在馬特·里德《理性的樂觀主義者》一書中得以進(jìn)一步證實(shí), 里德在該書中得出的結(jié)論是, 創(chuàng)新的動(dòng)力在于交換, 在于人之間思想的交流。

 

【考情分析】

 

"in what Matt Ridley describes in his book"是句子主干的地點(diǎn)狀語，也就是在那兒"find"的，"what"在賓語從句里面也作賓語。"wherein"相當(dāng)于"in which"，所以這句話也可以寫成---"in which he concludes that..."，再次變形一下就是"he concludes in the book(The Rational Optimist) that..." ；在"concludes"引導(dǎo)的賓語從句其實(shí)是強(qiáng)調(diào)句，把"it is...that"去掉，"trade has been the engine of innovation"，語法結(jié)構(gòu)和意義都很完整，至于"people exchanging ideas"其實(shí)應(yīng)該也是主語的一部分，或者說它和"trade"是并列的關(guān)系，也就是"trade"和"people exchanging ideas"都是創(chuàng)新的動(dòng)力 。