今日长难句:
选自《经济学人》
As well as cutting off Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, from the swift cross-border payment system, the package will also ban purchases of Russian crude oil and refined products, such as diesel, by the end of the year.
除了将俄罗斯最大的银行俄罗斯联邦储蓄银行(Sberbank)排除在快速跨境支付系统之外,该制裁计划还将在今年年底前禁止购买俄罗斯原油和柴油等成品油。
这句话当中的as well as…also…结构表示“不仅…而且…”/“除…之外,也….”。As well as cutting off Sberbank, 之后跟随同位语Russia’s largest bank作为信息的补充,它是俄罗斯最大的银行,阅读时可以跳过,直接读成,as well as cutting off Sberbank from the swift cross-border payment system,除了将俄罗斯最大的银行俄罗斯联邦储蓄银行(Sberbank)排除在快速跨境支付系统之外,注意cut off sth from sth这个固定搭配表示把某事物从某事物中去除、砍掉,这个cutting off的动作是谁发出的呢?是主语the package,package在这里表示“一揽子建议”,指代的是文章之前提到的制裁计划,the package will also ban purchases of Russian crude oil and refined products,该制裁计划还将禁止购买俄罗斯原油精炼油,such as diesel, by the end of the year. 比如柴油,在年底前。
总结下,这句话由一个简单句组成,1个谓语动词是will ban。难点在与主干出现之前是很长的状语,容易让人找不到真正的主语。整句话意思是:除了将俄罗斯最大的银行俄罗斯联邦储蓄银行(Sberbank)排除在快速跨境支付系统之外,该制裁计划还将在今年年底前禁止购买俄罗斯原油和柴油等成品油。
核心要点:
1.cuf off 切断;中断;使死亡;剥夺继承权
例:The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital.
叛乱者已经切断了首都的电力。
2.refined adj. 精炼的;有教养的,文雅的;
例:This technique is becoming more refined and more acceptable all the time.
这项技术变得越来越精密和受人欢迎。
3.swift adj. 迅速的,立刻的;n. 雨燕
例:After the election there was a swift transfer of power.
大选之后权力迅速交接。
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