復(fù)雜的并列句的拆分和理解 例234

例234　Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】該句子的主干是and連接的兩個分句：all tend to be drawn up, and their recipients lose interest，冒號前的三個名詞短語是第一個分句主語all的同位語。As引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，修飾第二個分句。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于三個名詞短語的并列很閃光，而且冒號的后面的句子很簡潔，但是用了專業(yè)的短語plough through，表示“費勁看”。

【核心詞匯】

shortlists for job interviews　求職面試

election ballot papers　選舉投票

lists of conference speakers and attendees　會議發(fā)言或參加會議名單

drawn up alphabetically　按字母表順序排序

recipients　接待者

lose interest　喪失興趣

plough through　費勁看

【參考譯文】求職面試、選舉投票、會議發(fā)言或參加會議等諸多名單，也是按字母表順序排序，當(dāng)人們費勁地向下查看時，興趣隨之失去。