英語六級攻克閱讀關(guān)鍵句328. Thus many in the industrial lands have a

328. Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world of plenty is somehow hollow—that, misled by a consumerist culture, they have been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social, psychological and spiritual needs with material things.

譯文　因而在工業(yè)社會，許多人有這樣一種感覺，即他們富足的世界不知怎的有些空虛——也就是說，由于受到消費主義文化的誤導，他們徒勞地企圖用物質(zhì)來滿足那些基本的社會、心理以及精神領(lǐng)域的需求。

點睛　本句的主干是...many...have a sense that...。第一個that引導的是同位語從句that their world of plenty is somehow hollow，對sense進行解釋；破折號后的內(nèi)容亦是that引導的同位語從句，同樣對sense進行解釋說明；過去分詞短語misled by a consumerist culture作前置的定語，修飾其后的they；what引導的賓語從句what are essentially...material things作satisfy的賓語。

somehow意為“不知何故，不知怎的”。如：

Everything is out of order, somehow. 不知何故，一切都亂了套。

hollow在句中意為“空虛的”，該詞本義為“空的；凹的”。如：

The patient has hollow cheeks. 這個病人雙頰凹陷。

mislead意為“使誤解；使誤入歧途”。如：

Her attitude misled me into thinking I could trust her. 她的態(tài)度讓我誤以為我可以信任她。

fruitlessly意為“徒勞地”。如：

The hunter hunts fruitlessly in the snowing day. 獵人在下雪天打獵，徒勞無功。

essentially意為“本質(zhì)上，根本上”。如：

His analysis is essentially correct. 他的分析在本質(zhì)上是正確的。

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