Question

求解一条英语句子！！！

The likely youth of the period, destined to a medical career, was at an early age indentured to some reputable practitioner, to whom his service was successively menial, pharmaceutical and professional.
在这destined to a medical career是修饰the likely youth的吗？

然后后面to whom那句话正常语序是 His service to reputable practitioner was successively menial, pharmaceutical and professional 对吗？就是to whom指的是to practitioner

Answer 1

要点如下：
1. 是的，destined...career是过去分词短语作定语，修饰前面的名词the youth，of the period也是它的定语，只不过是介词短语作定语。
2. was是谓语；at an early age是表语；indentured...practitioner又是过去分词短语作定语，修饰名词age。
3. to whom是指to the practitioner，但它是状语，通常放在句尾，不一定放在名词后面。

Answer 2

这句话的语法结构如下：
〔主语〕The likely youth of the period,
〔同位语〕destined to a medical career（等于 he is
destined to medical career，意思是注定要从事医疗职业）
〔系动词〕was
〔表语〕at an early age indentured to some reputable practitioner,
〔非限制性定语从句〕to whom his service was successively menial pharmaceutical and professional（关系代词 whom 指代先行词 practitioner，等于his service was successively menial pharmaceutical and professional to the practitioner）

Answer 3

翻译：

当时那有希望的年轻人，那些注定从医的人，早早就拜了某些名医为师，干些粗重却专业的配药工作。
1）在这destined to a medical career是修饰the likely youth的吗
是。
2）对。