Question

句子语法。

Far away from having been a diehard conservative,Hoover was ,some scholars now contend,the leading progressive of his day.

Far away from 为什么错？
句子怎样翻译？和解释下句子的结构。

Answer 1

这应该是一道SAT 语法题目，其实考的就是固定搭配。

Far away from: 是指地理上的距离。而far from则是指远非，绝不，相当于not at all.
所以这句话应该去掉away,这个句子的意思就是
学者们现在主张， 胡佛远非一个顽固的保守党，而是他那个时代先进的进步人士。

其中，some scholars now contend，Far away from having been a diehard conservative是个插入语。主干部分是：Hoover was the leading progressive of his day.

希望可以帮到你哦。

Answer 2

将away 去掉。far away from...:远离，如far away from home
far from sth./doing sth.：几乎相反，远非。
译：胡佛远非一个顽固的保守派。现在一些学者认为他是那个时代最主要的进步人士。
结构：far from 介词短语部分可以理解为作状语，Hoover was 是句子的主语和谓语，some scholars now contend是插入语，the leading progressive of his day是句子的表语。