Question

请分析一下句子成分，翻译一下。谢谢

This is the surprising conclusion reached by a small army of historians, sociologists, and home economists who have undertaken, in recent years, to study the one form of work that has turned out to be most resistant to inquiry and analysis---- namely, housework.
主干是 this is the suprising conclusion.............. to study the one form of work,意思是“研究某种类型的工作得出的结果使人震惊”。这个结果是由历史学家、社会学家和家庭经济学家所做的研究后得出的。但是什么是“ a small army of ...",我不懂。还有"that has turned out to be most resistant to inquiry and analysis."是什么意思？inquire 前文中没有提到过，是什么inquire? analysis 前文也没有提到过。

Answer 1

实际上主干是this is the suprising conclusion，后面一堆是一连串的各种定于啊，定语从句的之类的。
army的解释有5. (人、动物等的)大群；大批；团体，所以a small army of 就是一小批的意思。
to study实际上连接的是have undertaken，只是中间插了个“近年来”。
that has turned out to be most resistant to inquiry and analysis是定语从句解释one form of work ，而后面的namely, housework是同位语更进一步解释到底这种form of work是啥。

整个句子的大致意思就是 一小批历史学家等人近年来对一种形式的工作（即家务活）——最终证明家务活对调查和研究最有抵抗力（可能意思是家务活这种工作无法量化，不利于进行调查和研究）进行研究之后，得出了一个惊人的结论。