GRE考试阅读辅导：长难句实例分析47
<p> <span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="doctrine">doctrine</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="correct">correct</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="papyrus">papyrus</span> <span word="fragment">fragment</span> <span word="raises">raises</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="specter">specter</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unearthed">unearthed</span>，<span word="showing">showing</span>，<span word="for">for</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>，<span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="posthumous">posthumous</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Danaid">Danaid</span> <span word="tetralogy">tetralogy</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="bested">bested</span> <span word="Sophocles">Sophocles</span>，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="throwing">throwing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="utter">utter</span> <span word="confusion">confusion</span>.</p><p> 数据资料已被统计出来，或被重新统计出来，以便证明在文体学这方面，《乞援衰女》实际上确实在《波斯人》和《七雄攻忒拜》之后以及在轴残片却唤起了一种幽灵似的疑虑，即另一块残片有可能再度被挖掘出来，并证明，比如说，《乞援衰女》是作者藉以击败索福克勒斯的《达那特四部曲》的一部死后出版之作，从而将创作年代再度置于极度的混乱之中。</p><p> 注：<span word="best">best</span>:击败,=<span word="defeat">defeat</span>, <span word="overcome">overcome</span>, <span word="outdo">outdo</span></p><p> 难句类型：复杂修饰、插入语</p><p> 解释：<span word="specter">specter</span>之后的<span word="that">that</span>从句是<span word="specter">specter</span>的同位语，从句中有两个分词作状语，中间由<span word="and">and</span> 连接。其中以第一个分词结构<span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="posthumous">posthumous</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Danaid">Danaid</span> <span word="tetralogy">tetralogy</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="bested">bested</span> <span word="Sophocles">Sophocles</span>的意思较为难懂，有两个地方要解释一下：</p><p> 首先，<span word="best">best</span> 在这里的用法我们以前很少见到，用作及物动词，是击败后者的意思，等于<span word="defeat">defeat</span>,<span word="overcome">overcome</span>或<span word="outdo">outdo</span>。</p><p> 其次，<span word="a">a</span> <span word="posthumous">posthumous</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Danaid">Danaid</span> <span word="tetralogy">tetralogy</span>这种说法不符合我们的常规想法，我们看到 <span word="a">a</span> <span word="posthumous">posthumous</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> 的时候，根据中文的语言习惯，惯性的到<span word="of">of</span>之后去找人名，但是看到后面跟着的是作品名，就想不通了，与中文不同的是，英文中的遗作后面不一定只能接人名，接作品名的时候指的是作品在作者死前未发表的那一部分，比如本文的四部曲，可能作者死前全部写好，但只发表了三部，但是死后发表的遗作第四部击败了<span word="S">S</span>。</p>
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