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新东方考研英语必背500句:第150句

新东方考研英语必背500句

第150句

for example, they do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.

译文:例如,它们没有弥补明显的社会不公,因此,它们不能说明一个贫困的年轻人如果在更好的环境下成长,会有多大的才干。

点睛:并列连词and连接的是并列的谓语部分do not compensate...和do not tell...。句中how...引导的是tell的宾语从句,其中had he.为省略if的虚拟条件句,该从句将助动词had前置构成倒装,并用过去完成时表示对过去事实的虚拟。形容词underprivileged意为“贫困的,社会地位低下的”。短语under more favorable circumstances意为“在更好的环境下”。

考点归纳:与circumstance相关的常见短语还有:

*in the circumstances在这种情况下,情形既然如此
though he was feeling ill, he really did well in the circumstances.
虽然他感觉不适,但在这样的情况下,他真的做得不错了。

*under no circumstances在任何情况下绝不,无论如何都不
under no circumstances should you beat him.
你无论如何都不该打他。