考研长难句 PG002・找主干五大句型

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考研长难句 PG002・找主干:五大基本句型

一切长难句的第一步——在层层修饰里把主谓宾揪出来 · 例句逐字取自精校真题

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01为什么先找主干

长难句再长,主句只有一套主谓(宾)。定语、状语、插入语、非谓语全是”挂在主干上的装饰”。读句顺序永远是:先找红色主干,再回头补蓝色从句。

主干 S + V + O 定语从句(蓝) 非谓语修饰(绿) 插入语 / 同位语 (灰,先跳过)

主干从句非谓语插入语。灰色插入语读句时先闭眼跳过,主谓立刻现形。

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02五大基本句型速查表

句型 结构 关键动词特征 真题例
① 主谓 SV 主语 + 不及物动词 rise, happen, appear we must ensure…
② 主谓宾 SVO 主语 + 及物动词 + 宾语 built / shaped / interpret The movement built a nation
③ 主系表 SVP 主语 + be/系动词 + 表语 be, seem, become is a human need
④ 主谓双宾 SVoO 主语 + V + 间宾 + 直宾 give, tell, offer sb sth offers a unique opportunity
⑤ 主谓宾补 SVOC 主语 + V + 宾语 + 宾补 render sth adj.; allow sb to do renders life worth living
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。

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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 Beethoven by 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 ensure that 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。

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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 others with 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-house which 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 convention where 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。

本课小结:无论句子多长,先做两件事——圈出有时态的谓语动词、跳过双逗号/双破折号/关系词从句,剩下的就是红色主干。下一课 PG003 专门拆解占比最高的定语从句。

下一课 PG003 · 定语从句:关系词怎么选、限定与非限定的差别、”介词 + which”与分隔式定语从句怎么认。

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