復雜的定語從句的拆分和理解 例39

例39　The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.

【結構分析】主語中心語是The paid manager acting for the company，謂語動詞是was in more direct relation with，賓語是the men and their demands, but后面的主語是he，動詞是had，賓語是that familiar personal knowledge, that familiar personal knowledge翻譯成私人的了解，of the workmen是定語修飾前面的knowledge, which the employer had often had...是個定語從句修飾workmen, under the more patriarchal system of the old family business是個介詞短語做狀語修飾前面的定語從句，now passing away是個分詞短語，修飾前面的old family business。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于采用了定語從句which，里面又套了介詞短語under，又套了分詞定語passing away，是個典型定語從句里面套介詞短語的結構，在考研中是很重要的結構。

【核心詞匯】

the paid manager　花錢雇來的經(jīng)理

in more direct relation with　與某某有更加直接關系

had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of　很少能夠有私人之間了解

more patriarchal system of the old family business　更加家長式的制度下

pass away　消失

【參考譯文】代表公司的花錢雇來的經(jīng)理與工人及其需求的關系更加直接，但是就連他對工人們也沒有那種熟識的私人之間的了解，而在現(xiàn)在正在消失的古老家族公司的那種更加家長式的制度下的雇主們卻常常對他們的工人有這樣的私人之間的了解。