找主干口诀:① 先找谓语动词(有时态/情态/助动的那个)→ ② 往前找它的主语 → ③ 往后看动词后面缺什么(宾语?表语?宾补?)→ ④ 双逗号/双破折号中间、which/that/when 引导的部分一律先当作修饰跳过。
PG002 · 03
03真题例句 · 先找主干(上)
例1 · 英一 2015 翻译(46) 句型② SVO,两个谓语并列
This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.
主干 = This movement built a nation … and shaped the character and destiny。绿色过去分词 driven by… 是插入式后置定语;灰色 by its nature 是状语,跳过即见两个并列谓语 built / shaped。
例2 · 英一 2013 翻译(47) 句型③ SVP
A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need.
主干 = A place of peace is a human need。however crude it may be 是让步状语从句;句末灰色部分拿 shelter 作对比,不影响主干。系动词 is 后全是表语。
例3 · 英一 2014 翻译(50) 句型② + 句型⑤
One could interpret much of the work of Beethovenby saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to fight it renders life worth living.
外层主干 SVO = One could interpret the work。by saying that… 方式状语里嵌套宾语从句;从句内部 the courage renders life worth living 是句型⑤(宾语 life + 宾补 worth living)。
例4 · 英一 2019 翻译(50) 句型① SV(含条件从句)
If we are serious about ensuring that our science is both meaningful and reproducible, we must ensurethat our institutions encourage that kind of science.
主句主干 = we must ensure [that…]。句首 If… 条件从句、句末 that… 宾语从句都不改变”我们必须确保”这个核心动作。
PG002 · 04
04真题例句 · 先找主干(下)
例5 · 英一 2016 翻译(48) 句型⑤ SVOC,三项平行宾补
Mental health allows us to view otherswith sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness if they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are.
主干 = Mental health allows us to view others(宾语 us + 宾补 to view…)。后面三个 with… 并列方式状语,是平行结构,不碰主干。
例6 · 英一 2015 翻译(50) 句型③ SVP
The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a real treasure-housewhich extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.
主干 = The virgin forest was a treasure-house。with its richness… 是介词短语后置修饰主语;which extended… 定语从句修饰 treasure-house。
例7 · 英一 2025 翻译(46) 句型② SVO(完成时)
Recent decades have seen science move into a conventionwhere engagement in the subject can only be done through institutions, such as a university.
主干 = Recent decades have seen science move into a convention(见、使发生)。where… 定语从句修饰 convention。
例8 · 英一 2011 翻译(50) 句型③ SVP + where 对比分句
The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.
前半句主干 = The upside is the possibilities;分号后 where…now… 是对比状语从句,内部 we were experts / we become authorities 都是主系表。