今日长难句:
选自《VOA新闻》
The Canadian capital has been clogged with hundreds of cargo trucks for two weeks as the snowballing movement has morphed into a broader protest against pandemic health rules and the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
数百辆货运卡车已堵塞了加拿大首都两周的时间,这场愈演愈烈的运动已演变成一场更广泛的抗议活动,抗议防疫规定和加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多的行为。
这句话的主句非常好理解,The Canadian capital has been clogged with hundreds of cargo trucks for two weeks,数百辆货运卡车已堵塞了加拿大首都两周的时间。之后跟随as作为连词引导的状语从句,状语从句中的主语是 snowballing movement, 注意这里的snowballing是现在分词作定语修饰movement,滚雪球般愈演愈烈的运动,这个运动变成了什么?has morphed into a broader protest against pandemic health rules,morph表示改变,改变成了一个broader protest,更广泛的抗议活动,抗议什么的活动,protest against pandemic health rules,抗议防疫规定的活动, and the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 以及抗议加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多政府的活动。
总结下,这句话由2个简单句组成,2个谓语动词是has been clogged和has morphed。整句话意思是:数百辆货运卡车已堵塞了加拿大首都两周的时间,这场愈演愈烈的运动已演变成一场更广泛的抗议活动,抗议防疫规定和加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多的行为。
核心要点:
1.be clogged with 用……阻塞
例:The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
2.snowball n. 雪球 v. 掷雪球;滚雪球般增大(或趋于严重、变得重要等)
例:Such gains are likely to snowball.
这种收益是雪球般增长的。
3.morph v. 改变,变化,变形 [记忆] metamorphic adj.变质的
例:In time, these players, too, will morph into computers.
传统的音乐播放器早晚也会变成电脑。
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