When a faculty or department grows from, say, five to 20 members within three or four years, and when the new staff are predominantly young men and women fresh from postgraduate study, they largely define the norms of academic life in that faculty.一、语法结构剖析1、找出谓语动词When a faculty or department grows from, say, five to 20 members within three or four years, and when the new staff are predominantly young men and women fresh from postgraduate study, they largely define the norms of academic life in that faculty.2、划出句子结构【Whena faculty or departmentgrows[from, {say}, five to 20 members within three or four years], and whenthe new staff are[predominantly]young men and women (fresh from postgraduate study)】, they [largely]definethe norms of academic life[in that faculty].[主干]they largely define the norms of academic life in that faculty“他们在很大程度上定义了该学院的学术生活规范”|--[主语]they“他们”|--[谓语]define“定义了”|--[宾语]the norms of academic life“学术生活的规范”|--[地点状语]in that faculty“那个学院”[状语从句1]When a faculty or department grows from, say, five to 20 members within three or four years“当一个院系在3到4年内,比方说从5个成员增长到20个成员”|--[主语]a faculty or department“一个院系”|--[谓语]grows“增长”|--[程度状语]from five to 20 members “从5到20个会员”|--[插入语]say“比如”|--[时间状语]within three or four years“在3到4年内”[状语从句2]and when the new staff are predominantly young men and women fresh from postgraduate study“并且当新员工主要是刚研究生学历毕业年轻男女”|--[主语]the new staff“新员工”|--[系动词]are“是”|--[表语]young men and women fresh“刚刚毕业的年轻男女”|--[定语]from postgraduate study“从研究生学业”二、词汇含义faculty or department 院系
say 比方说
predominantly 主要地
norm 规范academic life 学院生活三、“得意忘形”直译:当一个院系比方说在3-4年内从5个成员增长到20个成员,并且新员工主要是刚从研究生毕业的年轻男女的时候,他们在很大程度上定义了该学院学术生活的规范。意译:一个院系若在三四年内从5人扩展到20人,且新增成员多为刚走出研究生院的年轻人,那么这些新人便会在很大程度上塑造该院系的学术氛围和规范。