今日长难句:
选自《经济学人》
Following a three-month trial, a jury in Silicon Valley found Elizabeth Holmes guilty of intentionally deceiving investors in Theranos, a startup she founded that had promised to revolutionise medicine by detecting disease from just a few drops of blood.
经过三个月的庭审,硅谷的一个陪审团裁定伊丽莎白·霍姆斯故意欺骗Theranos投资者的罪名成立。Theranos是她创立的一家初创公司,曾承诺通过几滴血就能检测出疾病,从而彻底改变医学。
这句话的开头是现在分词做状语Following a three-month trial, 经过一个三个月的庭审,主句的主干是a jury found sb guilty,陪审团裁定某某人罪名成立。什么样的罪名,of结构需要从后往前翻译guilty of intentionally deceiving investors in Theranos,故意欺骗Theranos投资者的罪名,Theranos是公司的名字,a startup 是Theranos的同位语,之后跟随了定语从句she founded来修饰a startup,这里省略了引导词that,她初创的公司,然后又跟随了一个that引导的定语从句修饰a startup,“ that had promised to revolutionise medicine ”也就是这家初创公司许诺一个药物革命,by后边跟随方式状语,by detecting disease from just a few drops of blood.通过检测几滴血液从而检测出疾病。
总结下,这句话一共由三个简单句组成,3个谓语动词分别是found,founded,had promised。整句话的意思是经过三个月的庭审,硅谷的一个陪审团裁定伊丽莎白·霍姆斯故意欺骗Theranos投资者的罪名成立。Theranos是她初创的一家公司,曾承诺通过几滴血就能检测出疾病,从而彻底改变医学。
核心要点:
1.deceive v. 欺骗,蒙骗 [固定搭配] deceive sb (into doing sth)
例:She deceived him into handing over all his savings.
她把他所有的积蓄都骗了出来。
2. revolutionise vt. 彻底改变(等于 revolutionize);使革命化
例:Such technologies will surely revolutionise education too, with virtual learning replacing the traditional lecture.
这种虚拟学习方式取代传统课堂的技术将会变革教育。
3. startup n. 新创办的小公司
例:For now the only bright spots in the labour market are small businesses and high-tech startups.
目前劳务市场上仅有的一些亮点是小企业和新创办的高科技公司。
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