终于从疼痛的阴影里面走了出来。

今天下午写了这个句子的分析，句子不长，花了两个小时左右，整理了"蓝色地中"的分析。大家参考一下。



考研翻译长难句练习4答案

1) Scientist and government officials are usually supposed to calm people down

2) but these authorities seem to provoke greater fear, even a little panic.

拆分：

（1）整个句子是一个并列句，第一个并列句是Scientist and government officials are usually supposed to calm people down；（2）but连接第二个并列句

单词讲解（1）suppose有"推想，假设，猜想，认为；应该，准许"等意思，如：Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal that it wants to sell.（假设有个公司想出售一种新的早餐麦片粥）；I suppose it will rain.（我认为将会下雨）；We are not supposed to play football on Sundays.（不准我们在星期日踢足球）。（2）calm当动词用，有"使安静"的意思，如：The mother calmed her child.

（母亲使孩子安静下来）。动词calm常常与down搭配，构成短语，有"平静下来，镇定下来"等意思，如：It was difficult to calm down the football fans.（要使足球迷们平静下来是很困难的）。

（3）authority有"权力，威信，权威，权威人事"等意思，如：a city transit authority（城市运输当局）；You don't have any authority for entering this house because it's private.（因为这是私人住宅，所以你们没有任何权力进入这所房子）。

（4）provoke是"挑动，激发，招惹"的意思，如：He claimed that it was her rudeness that provoked him to strike her.（他声称是她的无礼惹得他打了她）。（5）panic有"恐慌，惊恐"的意思，如：When the theater caught fire, there was a panic.（剧院失火时，引起一阵恐慌）。

• supposed [sə´pəuzd] a.想象的；假定的 (初中英语单词)
• scientist [´saiəntist] n.(自然)科学家 (高中英语单词)
• provoke [prə´vəuk] vt.挑拨；煽动；引起 (高中英语单词)
• cereal [´siəriəl] n.谷类制食物；谷物 (高中英语单词)
• transit [´trænzit, -sit] n.通过；运行；运输 (英语六级单词)