英語四級100條閱讀難點(diǎn)句型（3）

Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker's cough for a year. (08.12 Passage 1)

主干：Gullotta saw a man...

1. who 引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾a...man。

2.本句是肯定陳述句，卻用了doing anything而不是doing something,語義上有所強(qiáng)調(diào)。

譯文：兩個(gè)月以前格洛塔為一位50歲的男士看病，這名男士吸煙可歐已有一年，但期間他沒有采取任何措施，以至于延誤了治療。