今日长难句:
选自《经济学人》
It has continued to expand after his death under the leadership of his son Mukesh Ambani and today encompasses petrochemicals, refining, telecoms, a shopping app and retail stores—among other things.
在他的儿子穆克什·安巴尼的领导下,该公司在他去世后继续扩张,如今涵盖了石油化工、炼油、电信、购物应用软件和零售店等领域。
这句话的框架是it has continued to expand and today encompasses sth.它继续扩张,之后跟随两个介词短语作状语, after his death under the leadership of his son 在他去世后,在他的儿子的领导下,and today encompasses petrochemicals石油化工, refining精炼, telecoms电信, a shopping app购物应用软件 and retail stores零售店,这里encompasses和has continued共用主语it。among other things.表示“除了别的之外”,“除了其它方面”。也就是除了其它一些东西,该公司也涉及了这些领域。
总结下,这句话只是一个简单句,has continued和encompasses是共用主语的并列谓语动词。整句话意思是:在他的儿子的领导下,该公司在他去世后继续扩张,如今涵盖了石油化工、炼油、电信、购物应用软件和零售店等领域。
核心要点:
1.encompass v. 包含,包括;包围,环绕;
例:They built a moat to encompass the castle.
他们在城堡周围修了一条护城河。
2.petrochemical n. 石油化学产品 adj. 石油化工的
例:Over 200 jobs were lost in the group's petrochemical divisions.
该集团的石油化工部门裁减200多个职位。
3.refining n. 精炼;改善
例:Finally, the refining and burning of petroleum and its products can cause air pollution.
最后,石油及其产品的提炼和燃烧过程会造成空气污染。
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