考研英語真題同源難句精選之倒裝語序

　　八、倒裝語序

　　【難句44】Not only does a green thing look different from a red thing, remind us of other green things and inspire us to say, “That’s green”, but it also actually looks green: it produces an experience of sheer greenness that isn’t reducible to anything else. (Time Jan. 19, 2007)

　　【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】該句子中，逗號前表示否定的詞not only放在句首，使用了部分倒裝。正常語序為：a green thing looks not only different from a red thing，reminds us of other green things and inspires us to say, “That’s green”。這是并列了三個謂語(look different…，remind us…and inspire us…)。but之后為遞進(jìn)部分，but it also actually looks green…，其中冒號后為具體的解釋說明，并且這里包含一個定語從句that isn’t reducible to anything else，關(guān)系代詞that指代先行詞sheer greenness，在從句中作主語。

　　【參考譯文】一件綠色的東西不僅僅看起來與紅色的東西不同，使我們想起其他綠色的東西并刺激我們說：“那是綠色”，而且它確實看起來是綠色的：它產(chǎn)生了一個完全的綠色的經(jīng)驗，那不能簡化成任何其他事情。

　　【難句45】Clever though this is, it is just a stepping stone towards the direct incorporation of fuel cells into portable devices and, in particular, laptops—the application that remains the industry’s Holy Grail. (The Economist Jun. 8, 2006)

　　【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】本句體現(xiàn)了典型的將表語部分提前構(gòu)成的讓步狀語從句倒裝，還原后應(yīng)為though this is clever。主句為it is just a stepping stone towards the direct incorporation of fuel cells into portable devices and, in particular, laptops—the application that remains the industry’s Holy Grail，其中包含incorporation…into…的結(jié)構(gòu)，portable devices和laptops作介詞into的賓語。句末的名詞短語the application that remains the industry’s Holy Grail作上文的補(bǔ)充說明，其中包含that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾先行詞appplication。

　　【參考譯文】雖然這很聰明，但它只能算是通往直接將燃料電池與便攜設(shè)備整合的道路上的墊腳石，特別是對筆記本電腦而言——這一設(shè)備現(xiàn)在仍是工業(yè)界的圣杯。