每日長難句 25

Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects even as they do some modest belt-tightening.

【2004 Text 3】

單詞：

?mildly adv. 輕微地；溫和地，和善地

?concerned adj. 擔(dān)心的，關(guān)心的，焦慮的；相關(guān)的

?panicked adj. 恐慌的

?remain optimistic about... 對于……保持樂觀

?optimistic adj. 樂觀的，樂觀主義的

?long-term prospect 長遠(yuǎn)前景

?prospect n. 前景，前途；景象，景色

?modest adj. 些許的；謙虛的，謙遜的

?belt-tightening 縮減開支，緊縮預(yù)算

分析長難句：

找謂語動詞：

Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects even as they do some modest belt-tightening.

斷開長難句：

Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, / and many say / they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects / even as they do some modest belt-tightening.

①主句：Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked

②主句：any many say

③賓語從句：they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects

④時間狀語從句：even as they do some modest belt-tightening

譯文：

消費(fèi)者看起來似乎只是有一些擔(dān)心，并沒有恐慌；許多人說，甚至當(dāng)他們稍微勒緊了腰帶（適當(dāng)縮減開支）時，他們對于經(jīng)濟(jì)的長遠(yuǎn)前景都還是保持樂觀的。