Question

这句话怎么看，英语问题

Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality主要是what the Americans term "downshifting这句话是什么从句，what在从句中又做什么。谢谢

Answer 1

(1) 句中的 what 不是关系代词，引导的不是定语从句，而是连接代词，在此用于引导宾语从句（用作介词 in 的宾语）。
(2) 句中的介词 in 可理解为“在……方面”，在本句中指“在实验方面”。
(3) 句中的 what 相当于主语experiment，就本句而言，what 可理解为 the experiment that，在从句中作状语，也就是说：....my experiment in what the Americans term ....= ....my experiment in the experiment that the Americans term ....

你给出的句子成分不完整
Curiously 副词作状语
some two-and-a-half years and two novels later 时间状语
my experiment 主语
in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality “介词+名词性从句”作定语从句修饰主语

没有给出谓语

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Answer 2

定语从句，what是形式宾语指后面的he Americans term "downshifting"，美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”
奇怪的是，二年半我的两部小说（写完）后，我的实验，这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”成为我老掉牙的借口已经变成了现实