今日长难句:
选自《经济学人》
But it is also because, without those vast profits in trading and investment banking to distract shareholders, the turn in the credit cycle is revealing just how terrible Goldman is when it comes to consumer lending.
但还有一个原因是,如果没有交易和投资银行业务的巨额利润分散股东的注意力,信贷周期的转折恰恰暴露出高盛在消费贷款方面有多么糟糕。
这句话的框架简化出来是it is because, without A and B, the turn is revealing how terrible Goldlman is. 插入语部分没有的这两个东西我们先看一下, without those vast profits in trading,没有贸易当中那些巨大的利润, and investment banking to distract shareholders,没有投行去分散股东的注意力,the turn in the credit cycle is revealing sth,信贷周期的转折揭示着某物,揭示什么呢?之后是how引导的宾语从句 how terrible Goldman is,高盛有多么糟糕,再往后是when引导的状语从句体现条件, when it comes to consumer lending.注意其中的固定用法,when it comes to sth意思是“当提到;就……而论”,也就是高盛哪方面特别糟糕呢?在消费贷款方面非常糟糕。
总结下,这句话由4个分句组成,主句当中的谓语动词是is,because引导的表语从句当中谓语动词是is reavealing,how引导的宾语从句当中谓语动词是is,when引导的状语从句当中谓语动词是comes。整句话意思是:但还有一个原因是,如果没有交易和投资银行业务的巨额利润分散股东的注意力,信贷周期的转折恰恰暴露出高盛在消费贷款方面有多么糟糕。
核心要点:
1.lending n.出借;出借物 adj.出借的 v.贷款;提供(lend 的 ing 形式);借给
例:The bank left its lending rates unchanged.
银行保持其贷款利率不变。
2.profits in sth 某方面的获利
例:There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present.
现在卖报纸利润很少。
3.turn in 交上;归还;拐入;告发;上床睡觉
例:You must turn in your pass when you leave the building.
你离开大楼时必须交还通行证。
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