每日長(zhǎng)難句 19

原句：

It’s a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.

【2003 Text 3】

單詞：

?theory n. 理論，原理

?economist n. 經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家

?subscribe v. 同意，贊成；訂購(gòu)，認(rèn)購(gòu)

?in practice 在實(shí)踐中；實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上

?in the position of... 處在……位置上

?determine v. 決定，下定決心；確定

?flourish v. 繁榮，興旺?

分析長(zhǎng)難句：

找謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞：

It’s a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.

斷開(kāi)長(zhǎng)難句：

It’s a theory / to which many economists subscribe, / but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining / which companies will flourish and which will fail.

①主句：It’s a theory ... but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining

②定語(yǔ)從句：to which many economists subscribe

③賓語(yǔ)從句：which companies will flourish

④賓語(yǔ)從句：which will fail

??平行并列：

which companies will flourish and which will fail

??介詞提前定語(yǔ)從句：

to which many economists subscribe

譯文：

這是許多經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家都贊同的理論，但在實(shí)踐中它（該理論）常常使得鐵路公司處于決定哪家公司盈利和哪家公司虧損的地位。