Question

翻译下面这句话

Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings(瘾)and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point.

Answer 1

Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. 句子精简后为attempt（主语）leads to （谓语）difficulties（困难）. Any作attempt定语 to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words不定式短语作attempt的定语 the development在不定式短语中作study的宾语 from the noises babies make to their first spoken words介词短语作development的定语 babies make为定语从句，省略了关系代词that或which，定语从句修饰babies。 from...to...从...到...