1.This1 is2 a book3 about 4the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur 5whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries:personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
长难句分析
解:1主语+2系动词+3表语+4定语+5定语从句
析:本句包含两个定语成分。
①定语:about the roller-coaster life and…
about之后的句子为两个并列成分,由连接词and连接,整个定语成分用来修饰说明这是一本什么样的书。
②定语从句:whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive…
本句是whose引导的定语从句,先行词是“entrepreneur”,whose与后面的名词“passion”和“drive”在从句中作主语,不可省略。
重点词汇词组
1.roller-coaster 过山车
I've been on an emotional roller coaster since I've been here.
自从我到这里以来,情绪像坐上了过山车。
2.passion for 对…的热情
Her passion for dancing never dimmed over the years.
这些年来她对跳舞的热情一直不减。
【近义词】
love, desire, affection, attachment
3.ferocious 激烈的
Fighting has been ferocious.
战斗一直很激烈。
【近义词】
fierce, violent, savage
4.revolutionize 彻底改变;完全变革
Aerial photography has revolutionized the study of archaeology.
航空摄影已经给考古学研究带来了一场革命。
【近义词】
transform, reform, restructure, revamp
【同源词】
revolution 革命
revolutionary 革命的
revolutionise 彻底改变(等于revolutionize)
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