第331句
Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alpbabet.
译文:在过去的一个世纪里,各种各样的不公正和歧视遭到了谴责或被判定为非法。但是有一种隐蔽形式的不公正和歧视还在蔓延,即按字母表顺序排名。对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说,它指的是对那些姓氏首字母位于字母表后半部分的人受到的歧视。
点睛:在第一句中,句子的主干为…all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal…。Over the past century作时间状语,and连接两个并到主语,由or连接并列谓语have been condemned和made,illegal是主语补足语。第二句结构简单,注意冒号后的alphdbetism是该句主语form的同位语,说明这种隐蔽形式的歧视是什么。第三句的主干为This…refers to discrimination…,在主语this和谓语refers to之间的部分是插入语,而定语从句whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet用来修饰those。
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