Question

翻译并解释句子结构

2.efforts to explain this sudden reduction in child death appeared to draw a blank.

Answer 1

试图解释这种儿童死亡人数减少的努力没有得到结果。
主语为从efforts到death,appeared to draw是谓语，a blank是宾语。

Answer 2

解释儿童死亡意外减少的努力似乎是徒劳的。
efforts是主语
to explain this sudden reduction in child death 是efforts的同位语
appeared 是谓语
to draw a blank是动词不定式作宾语。

Answer 3

为解释儿童死亡率突然降低这种现象所做的诸多努力，最终也只有草草收场。

Answer 4

突然降低的儿童死亡率似乎仍然无法解释。
efforts 主语
to explain this sudden reduction in child death 同位语
appeared 谓语
to draw a blank宾语