第126期:社会保障
The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, the larger of which could go penniless by next year.
译文:
社会保障退休规划由两种信托基金构成,其中较大的一种到明年可能全部用完。
点睛:
be made up of...,意为“由…构成”。the larger of which引导的是以funds为先行词的非限定性定语从句,其中介词短语by next year为时问状语。
考点归纳:
形容词比较级前加定冠词the一般有两种情况:
*当形容词比较级用of引导的介词短语来表示比较范围时,比较级前要加定冠词the。
Tom is the elder of my two uncles.
汤姆是我的两个叔叔中年长的一个。
*在“the+比较级,the+比较级”的结构中,比较级前要加定冠词the。
The purer the diamond is, the more valuable it is.
钻石质地越纯越值钱。