考研英语长难句|Day27

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今日长难句

Her identification of a U-shaped curve in women’s labour participation over 200 years, published in her 1990 book Understanding the Gender Gap, demolished the notion of a simplistic link to economic growth..

她在1990年出版的《理解性别差距》一书中指出,在过去200年里,女性的劳动参与率呈U型曲线,推翻了将其与经济增长简单联系在一起的观念。

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词汇解析

derive /dɪˈraɪv/ v. 得到,获得,常用句型derive...from...

insight /ˈɪnsaɪt/ n. 洞见,洞悉

it 文中指代“生活经历”

wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/ n. 智慧

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结构分析

✔句子主干:

even the worst things can become gifts and sources

✔定语从句:

that happen to us

✔定语:

of strength and wisdom

✔状语:

over time

✔状语从句:

As long as we derive learning, meaning, understanding, and insight from it

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参考译文

As long as we derive learning, meaning, understanding, and insight from it, even the worst things that happen to us can become gifts and sources of strength and wisdom over time.

只要我们能从中获得学习、意义、理解和洞见,随着时间的推移,即使发生在我们身上的最糟糕的事情也会成为礼物,变成力量和智慧的源泉。