考研英语长难句讲解 第187期
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：考研英语长难句讲解
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13. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) - lean, pointed 1, dedicated 2 faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers 3 and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a. m.
【分析】复合句。句子主干为They all seem to look alike,破折号后修饰性短语对句子主干进行补充说明。不定式结构to buy...作目的状语；held for…和sold to… 作tickets的后置定语，其中又嵌套一个when引导的时间状语从句。
【译文】尽管来自天南海北，但他们看起来都一个样：瘦削，棱角分明，面容专注，身着牛仔裤和便鞋，啃着自带的干果面包，晚上睡在剧院外的石板上，为了赶在票房早上10:30开门时候，买到为这些露宿者准备的20张坐票和80张站票。
【点拨】l)pointed“尖的；明显的;尖锐犀利的”。2)dedicated“专注的；献身的”。3)bed down“睡下，过夜”。
14. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game,and were quickly hunted to extinction 4.
【分析】简单句。主语是the large slow-growing animals；and连接两个并列的谓语were和were hunted。
【译文】那些庞大而生长缓慢的动物容易被追逐，因此很快就被猎获殆尽。
【点拨】1)本句中game是“猎物”的意思。2)be hunted to extinction“被猎获殆尽”。
adj.尖的，直截了当的
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
n.卧铺（通常以复数形式出现）；卧车( sleeper的名词复数 )；轨枕；睡觉（呈某种状态）的人；小耳环
- He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步，以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
- The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了，只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句
n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
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