A long-held view of the history of English colonies that became the United States has been that England‘s policy toward these colonies before 1763 was dictated by commercial interests and that a change to a more imperial policy , dominated by expansionist militarist objectives , generated the tensions that ultimately led to the American Revolution . ; E+ A1 ~' S& N: y- ?1 ] 一个对于后来成了美国的英国殖民地的历史的长久以来的观点,认为英国在1763年以前对于这些殖民地的政策被经济利益所支配,而且认为一种向着更大程度帝国制度的政策上的转变——为扩张主义的军事目标所左右——产生了最终导致美国革命的紧张气氛。 ! N# I4 ?, P( L) O8 ?
难句类型:复杂修饰、插入语 - z) u' j$ h1 O- h2 G
解释:主架构简单,可是主语和表语从句都不让人省心。句子的主干其实就是:A long-held view has been that……。但是主语A long-held view之后却是修饰它的一个三层的定语:of the history of the english colonies that became the United States.系动词has been之后所接的表语从句其实不止一个,其实原句是用了and来连接两个并列的表语从句,has been that…and has been that…。后面的has been照例被省略。 " n, {' ?" Q0 u$ I4 g: M) M7 k 意群训练:A long-held view of the history of English colonies that became the United States has been that England‘s policy toward these colonies before 1763 was dictated by commercial interests and that a change to a more imperial policy , dominated by expansionist militarist objectives , generated the tensions that ultimately led to the American Revolution . * w+ P5 \: S1 P- F/ w' }
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