考研英语----每日一句长难句
【今日句子】:
It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women,especially teenage girls,about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.
【结构分析】:
[1]It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility(主句) for the signal
[2]it sends women,especially teenage girls,(定语从句)
[3]about the social tape-measure
[4]they must use(定语从句)
[5]to determine their individual worth.
【分句详解】
主句[1] It(主) tells(谓) the fashion industry(间宾) that it must take responsibility(直宾);这个片段理解为:它还责令时尚业,必须为......负责
介词短语“for the signal [2],[3]”是状语成分,理解为“...的信号”;
[2]it sends women,especially teenage girls,是省略关系词(which/that) 的定语从句, 修饰the signal,理解为“向女性,尤其是青春期女孩所传递的”;
[3]about the social tape-measure是介词短语作后置定语, 修饰the signal,理解为“有关社会标准的”
[4]they must use是省略关系词(which/that) 的定语从句,修饰the social tape-measure,理解为“她们会用”;动词不定式短语
[5]“to determine their individual worth”作目的状语,理解为“来衡量个人价值”
【参考译文】:
它还责令时尚业,必须为其向女性,尤其是青春期女孩所传递的有关社会标准的信号负责,她们会用这一社会标准来衡量个人价值。