When managers are not striving to satisfy investors whose allegiance to firms is measured in weeks, they are pumping up share prices in order to maximise their own pay.

 

 

主语 they

 

谓语 are pumping up

 

宾语 share prices

 

 

单词

 

allegiance

 

音标

 

[əˈliːdʒəns]

 

中文词意

 

n.（对组织、人物、信仰的）忠诚，拥护

 

 

这句话是个复合句，可将"when"看成是引导条件状语从句，翻译成“如果”，相当于"if"；从句的主语"managers"，谓语"are not striving"是正在进行时，宾语"to satisfy investors"，"whose"引导定语从句，定语从句主语"whose allegiance"，"to firms"是主语的定语，谓语"is measured"是被动语态，"in weeks"是状语；主句的主语"they"，谓语"are pumping up"是正在进行时，宾语"share prices"，"in order to maximise their own pay"做目的状语。

 

 

经理们不是在竭力满足投资者---其对公司保持忠诚的时间只能用周来衡量---的要求, 就是在抬升股价以使自身收人最大化。

 

 

见语法分析