復雜的分割結構（插入語）的理解 例216

例216　From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism.

【結構分析】句子的開頭是個介詞短語做狀語，也就是From the beginning of our history，后面是插入語says Hofstadter，句子的主干的主語是our democratic and populist urges，動詞是have driven，賓語是us，后面是賓補to reject anything that smells of elitism。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是drive sb to do sth（迫使某人做某事），后面是個定語從句，drive sb to do sth是個寫作的閃光句型，比如The job pressure drives the college students to prepare for the exam of postgraduates。

【核心詞匯】

from the beginning of our history　從我們的歷史一開始

our democratic and populist urges　我們的民主化和大眾化沖動

drive sb to do sth　迫使某人做某事

reject　拒絕

anything that smells of elitism　一切帶有杰出人物統(tǒng)治論色彩的東西

【參考譯文】Hofstadter說，從我們的歷史一開始，我們的民主化和大眾化沖動就迫使我們拒絕一切帶有杰出人物統(tǒng)治論色彩的東西。