今日长难句:
选自《大西洋月刊》
What has suffered most are “weak ties”-- relationships with acquaintances /who fall somewhere between stranger and friend, which sociologists find are particularly valuable for the dissemination of knowledge.
受影响最大的是“弱关系”——介于陌生人和朋友之间的熟人关系,社会学家发现这种关系对知识的传播特别有价值。
这句话主句的主干是一个主系表结构sth are weak ties,主语是一个主语从句what has suffered most,受影响最大的是weak ties弱关系,破折号之后跟随同位语进一步解释什么是weak ties,relationships with acquaintances ,所谓弱关系就是和熟人之间的关系,之后跟随who引导的定语从句修饰 acquaintances,who fall somewhere between stranger and friend,什么样的熟人?介于陌生人和朋友之间的熟人。再之后又跟随了一个which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰relationships,定语从句中的主语嵌套了一个主语从句sociologists find,社会学家发现这个关系,这个关系怎么样了?sociologists find are particularly valuable for the dissemination of knowledge.社会学家发现的这个关系对于传播知识是特别有价值的。
总结下,这句话由5个简单句构成,5个谓语动词分别是 has suffered,are, fall,find和are。整句话意思是:受影响最大的是“弱关系”——介于陌生人和朋友之间的熟人关系,社会学家发现这种关系对知识的传播特别有价值。
核心要点:
1.dissemination n. 宣传,散播;
例:He actively promoted the dissemination of scientific ideas about matters such as morality.
他积极地推动诸如道德之类的科学观念的传播。
2.weak tie 弱关系
例:That job lead is going to come from weak ties, or from people you hardly know.
这个工作机会很可能来自弱关系,或者来自那些你几乎不认识的人。
3. acquaintance n. 相识的人,泛泛之交;与某人初次相识
例:I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s.
我在20世纪60年代初第一次认识了他。
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