【长难句】

 

Howe’ s idea finds a complementary underpinning in what Matt Ridley describes in his book, "The Rational Optimist",wherein he concludes that it is trade, people exchanging ideas, that has been the engine of innovation.

 

【句子拆分】

 

主语 Howe’ s idea

 

谓语 finds

 

宾语 a complementary underpinning

 

【单词解析】

 

单词

 

complementary

 

音标

 

[kɒmplɪ'ment(ə)rɪ]

 

中文词意

 

a. 补足的,补充的

 

【语法分析】

 

这句话的主语是"Howe’ s idea"，谓语"finds"，宾语"a complementary underpinning"，"what Matt Ridley describes in his book"为介词宾语从句，"The Rational Optimist"是书的名字也就是"book"的同位语成份，"wherein"算是定语从句修饰"The Rational Optimist"，定语从句内的"concludes"后面是宾语从句。

 

【译文】

 

豪的想法在马特·里德《理性的乐观主义者》一书中得以进一步证实, 里德在该书中得出的结论是, 创新的动力在于交换, 在于人之间思想的交流。

 

【考情分析】

 

"in what Matt Ridley describes in his book"是句子主干的地点状语，也就是在那儿"find"的，"what"在宾语从句里面也作宾语。"wherein"相当于"in which"，所以这句话也可以写成---"in which he concludes that..."，再次变形一下就是"he concludes in the book(The Rational Optimist) that..." ；在"concludes"引导的宾语从句其实是强调句，把"it is...that"去掉，"trade has been the engine of innovation"，语法结构和意义都很完整，至于"people exchanging ideas"其实应该也是主语的一部分，或者说它和"trade"是并列的关系，也就是"trade"和"people exchanging ideas"都是创新的动力 。