例258 In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.
【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話考的是not only...but also...這種固定搭配,這句話的主語是the concept of private property,動詞是embraces,其中第一個賓語是the ownership of productive resources,第二個賓語是certain rights,后面加上分詞定語including the right修飾前面的名詞,后面再加上兩個并列的不定式短語做定語,一個是to determine the price of a product,一個是to make a free contract with another private individual。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于大并列和小并列,大并列是兩個賓語,小并列是兩個不定式并列,很經(jīng)典。
【核心詞匯】
private property 私有財產(chǎn)
embrace 包括
ownership of productive resources 生產(chǎn)資料所有制
make a free contract 簽訂自由合同
【參考譯文】在美國經(jīng)濟中,私有財產(chǎn)的定義不僅包括生產(chǎn)資料的所有制,還包括某些權(quán)利,比如定價權(quán)或與另外一個個體戶簽訂自由合同的權(quán)利。