The story1, Ron Rosenbaum's "Secrets of the Little Blue Box,"2 described3 how hackers and phone phreakers had found ways to make long-distance calls for free by replicating the tones that routed signals on the AT&T network4.
长难句解析
解:主语1+同位语2+谓语3+宾语从句4
析:句子包含宾语从句“how hackers and phone phreakers had found ways...that routed signals on the AT&T network.”。在该从句中,主语为“ hackers and phone phreakers”,谓语为“had found”,宾语为“ways”,“to make long-distance calls”为不定式短语作“ways”的后置定语,“for free”为状语,“by replicating the tones”为方式状语,“that routed signals on the AT&T network”为修饰先行词“tones”的定语从句。
重点词汇词组
1. combination 结合;联合;混合
例:The firm is working on a new product in combination with several overseas partners.
这家公司与几家海外合伙人在联合开发新产品。
常见搭配: in combination with... 与...结合/联合
例:The firm is working on a new product in combination with several overseas partners.
这家公司与几家海外合伙人在联合开发新产品。
2. launch 发起,发动
例:A group of 80 attackers launched an all-out assault just before dawn.
有80名攻击者的一个小队在黎明前发起了一次全面进攻。
常见搭配:launch an an investigation 开始进行调查
例:The police have launched an investigation into the incident.
警察已经开始对此事件进行调查。
3. drive off 驱车离去;驶去
例:The robbers drove off in a stolen vehicle.
劫匪驾驶着一辆偷来的汽车逃跑了。
相关俚语:drive sth. home 把…讲透彻;阐明...
例:You will really need to drive your point home.
你的确需要把你的观点阐释清楚。
4. replicate 复制;(精确地)仿制
例:Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.
后来的实验没有得出同样的结果。
词汇拓展:
replication noun. 复制;回答;反响
replica noun. 复制品,仿制品
5. fool sb. into doing sth. 欺骗某人做某事
例:I was fooled into believing their promises.
我上当受骗,相信了他们的承诺。
常见搭配:make a fool of sb. 戏弄某人
例:I suddenly realised that I was being made a fool of.
我突然意识到我被戏弄了。
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