Question

一个很难分析的英语句子结构-----------------高手帮忙

Just sitting in the wheelchair was a learning experience. I had never considered before how awkward it would be to use one . As soon as I sat down, my weight made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not locked. Then I wondered where to put my feet. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into place. 【I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of transportation for several hours.】For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的）experiment.
请分析【】里句子的结构，详细点，看着有点乱，最后标准翻译，谢谢
1、解释take my first uneasy look at 的意思
2、my only means of transportation 中的means 的意思。

Answer 1

I 主语

took my first uneasy look at 谓语，took a look at 看一眼的变体，中间用形容词，去掉了a；

what was to be my only means of transportation for several hours.整句话是what 引导的宾语从句，做at的宾语；
在从句中，what 是主语，was是谓语，to be my only means of transportation for several hours.是表语。
翻译：我不舒服地看了将要成为我几小时中唯一的交通方式的东西第一眼。

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补充：1. take my first uneasy look at 意思是我不情愿地看了第一眼
2. means 这里的意思是 方式，方法，my only means of transportation 意思是 我唯一的交通方式

Answer 2

I :句子主语；
took my first uneasy look ：宾语（注意若想说看什么，后面肯定要接at (sth)的！）；
（at）what was to be my only means of transportation :做look at的宾语（从句）；
for several hours：是整个句子的状语
整句译文：我对这个将成为我唯一交通工具的物件（轮椅）忐忑不安地打量了好几个小时。

Answer 3

【】：uneasy 是不安，忧虑的意思，took a uneasy look at 意思是对于什么东西感到不安。

追问

take a look at是固定短语吗？

追答

没错是的，当表达看什么什么的时候。比如 i take look at this room,我看了看这个房间