復雜的并列句的拆分和理解 例271

例271　The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional signal element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】此句話有兩個并列句，主語是the change，動詞是met，賓語是the technical requirements of the new age, by engaging a large professional signal element做狀語，修飾前面的句子，and后面是動詞prevented，賓語是the decline in efficiency, that引導的定語從句that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms，后面加上介詞短語in the second and third generation和介詞after the energetic founders。

【亮點回放】此句話前后兩個并列句子，后面的并列句子里面又套了定語從句，定語從句里面套上兩個介詞短語，并列句加上定語從句很是經(jīng)典。

【核心詞匯】

technical requirements　技術要求

professional signal element　專業(yè)因素

the decline in efficiency　效率下滑

spoil　破壞

energetic founders　精力充沛的創(chuàng)業(yè)者

【參考譯文】這種變化通過引入許多的專業(yè)因素從而適應了這個新時代的技術要求，并且它（這種變化）防止了效率的降低。這種效率的降低在精力充沛的創(chuàng)業(yè)者之后的第二代和第三代人（領導公司）的時候，經(jīng)常會毀掉那些家族公司的財富。