復雜的非謂語動詞的理解 例300

例300　People are absorbed into a culture of consumption launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】句子的主干是People are absorbed into a culture of consumption，后面是分詞定語launched by the 19th-century department stores，修飾前面的名詞，后面是定語從句that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere，修飾前面的名詞department stores。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是連環(huán)的定語，分詞定語套上定語從句，這種結(jié)構(gòu)很普遍。

【核心詞匯】

absorbed into　沉醉于

a culture of consumption　消費文化

launched by　被推動

vast arrays of goods　琳瑯滿目的商品

elegant atmosphere　優(yōu)雅的氛圍

【參考譯文】人們沉醉于一種消費文化，這種消費文化是被19世紀的商店推動的，這些商店在優(yōu)雅的氛圍下提供琳瑯滿目的商品。