143. Perhaps it was the extreme contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
譯文
可能正是與日本社會的極大反差促使了美國公司更加關(guān)注女性消費者。
點睛
本句為it is...that的強調(diào)句型。副詞perhaps修飾整個句子。
extreme在本句中用作形容詞，表示“極度的；極端的”，也可以用作名詞，表示“極端”。如：
1) His political views are rather extreme. 他的政治觀點相當極端。
2) He often goes to extremes. 他經(jīng)常走極端。
考點歸納
contrast意為“對比；差別”，通常與介詞to連用，構(gòu)成短語be a contrast to sth.（與……形成對比）。如：
The black furnishings provide an interesting contrast to the white walls. 黑色家具和白色墻壁形成很有趣的對比。
The work you did today is quite a contrast to what you did last week. 你今天干的活跟你上周干的截然不同。
