Question

英语句子分析、翻译

Answer 1

1.
翻译：我们所拥有的，用于向他人表明他们更加重要的最常见的方法，是通过使得我们自己比他们更加渺小（的方法）。
2.
分析：
1）句子主干是：The
most
common
way
is
by
making
ourselves
smaller
than
they
are.
主句为主系表结构，主语the
most
common
way，系动词is，表语是介宾短语by
making
ourselves
smaller
than
they
are.
该表语中，动名词短语making
ourselves
smaller
than
they
are做介词by的宾语。
其中make是使役动词，ourselves为宾语，samller为宾语补足语，后面是一个比较状语从句than
they
are.
2）we
have
of
showing
other
people
they
are
more
important为定语从句，修饰句子主语the
most
common
way.
其中关系代词which/that，代替先行词the
(most
common)
way，在该定语从句中充当谓语动词have的宾语，所以关系代词which/that可以省略。
即：(which/that)
we
have
of
showing
other
people
they
are
more
important
=
we
have
(which/that)
of
showing
other
people
they
are
more
important
=
we
have
(the
way)
of
showing
other
people
they
are
more
important
其中含有固定搭配the
way
of
doing
sth
=
the
way
to
do
sth
“做某事的方法”
3.
而showing
other
people
they
are
more
important也是一个固定搭配show
sb
sth；
sb即other
people，sth即一个省略引导词that的宾语从句they
are
more
important.