长难句精读丨Vol.13-考研真题实例句子解读

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Last year, the Transportation Security Ad-ministration (TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able t-o sneak weapons — both fake and real — past airport security nearly every time th-ey tried.

句源与背景：

本文选自2016年5月的《华盛顿邮报》(The Washington Post)，原文标题为《快一点，等一等》(Hurry up and wait)。第一段引出美国主要机场愈发冗长的安检队伍这一问题。第二至第四段说明了该问题产生的影响以及形成原因。第五至第七段提出解决方案：采用预检项目，但同时又指出预检项目所存在的问题。

核心词汇

core vocabulary

transportation Security Administration

运输安全管理局

secret

n.秘密；奥秘adj.秘密的；机密的

check

n.检查；抑制（手段）；方格图案 v.检查；核实；存放；阻止

undercover

adj.秘密工作的；暗中做的 adv.秘密地；暗中进行的

investigator

n.调查员；研究员

able to

能够；有能力

sneak weapons

偷走武器

fake and real

伪造的和真的

nearly

adv.几乎；差不多；将近

句子分析

sentence analysis

Last year, the Transportation Security Administ-ration (TSA) found in a secret check that unde-rcover investigators were able to sneak weapo-ns — both fake and real — past airport security nearly every time they tried.

主句：Last year, the Transportation Security Admin-istration (TSA) found

状语：in a secret check

宾语从句：that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airp-ort security nearly every time they tried

①主句Last year, the Transportation Security Ad-ministration (TSA) found，主语：the Transport-ation Security Administration (TSA)；谓语：fou-nd；交代事件发生的时间，引出动作执行者，发出“发现”这一动作，带出宾语从句，是句子核心骨架。

翻译：去年，美国运输安全管理局（TSA）发现。

②状语in a secret check构成是介词 in + 名词短语 a secret check，修饰谓语动词 found，说明“发现”的方式或情境；回答“TSA 是如何发现的”。

翻译：在一次秘密检查中。

③宾语从句that undercover investigators were a-ble to sneak weapons — both fake and real — past airport security nearly every time they tri-ed，主语：undercover investigators；谓语：were able；充当 found 的宾语，是“发现”的具体内容；承载全句绝大部分语义信息。

翻译：卧底调查人员几乎每次尝试都能将武器—包括仿制品和真品—偷偷带过机场安检。

语法成分：Last year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found in a secret check t-hat undercover investigators were able to sne-ak weapons — both fake and real — past airpo-rt security nearly every time they tried.

时间状语：Last year主语：the Transportation Securi-ty Administration (TSA)谓语：found地点状语：in a s-ecret check

引导词：that从句主语：undercover investigators从句谓语：were able to sneak从句宾语：weapons插入定语：both fake and real（修饰 weapons）方式状语：p-ast airport security时间状语：nearly every time

从句主语：they从句谓语：tried指代关系：they = und-ercover investigators

时间状语从句：nearly every time they tried

【翻译】：去年，美国运输安全管理局在一次秘密检查中发现，秘密调查员几乎每次都能够偷带武器（不论真假）通过机场安检。

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