托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句:創(chuàng)造雅典民主

　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution to the creation of democracy at Athens was to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures, especially among the aristocrats, and to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes, which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. (TPO40, 51)

　　democracy /d?'m?kr?s?/ n. 民主，民主政治，民主制度

　　clan /klæn/ n. 宗族，家族;集團(tuán)，幫會(huì)

　　aristocrat /'ær?st?kræt/ n. 貴族

　　civic /'s?v?k/ adj. 城市的;市民的，公民的

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　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution (to the creation of democracy at Athens) was (to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures), (especially among the aristocrats), and (to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes), (which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. ) (TPO40, 51)

　　托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句分析：

　　這個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)是：

　　Cleisthenes' principal contribution was 非謂語(yǔ) and 非謂語(yǔ)

　　第一個(gè)非謂語(yǔ)：(to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures)

　　第二個(gè)非謂語(yǔ)：(to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes)

　　修飾一：(to the creation of democracy at Athens)，介詞短語(yǔ)

　　中文：在雅典創(chuàng)造民主

　　修飾二：(to complete the long process of weakening family and clan structures) ，非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞

　　中文：完成了減弱家族和宗族結(jié)構(gòu)的長(zhǎng)期過(guò)程

　　修飾三：(especially among the aristocrats) ，介詞短語(yǔ)

　　中文：尤其是在貴族間

　　修飾四：(to set in their place locality-based corporations called demes) ，非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞

　　中文：在他們所在地方設(shè)置基于地點(diǎn)的稱之為demes團(tuán)體

　　修飾五：(which became the point of entry for all civic and most religious life in Athens. ) ，從句

　　中文：這成為了雅典所有公民和大多數(shù)宗教生活的入口點(diǎn)。

　　托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句參考翻譯：

　　Cleisthenes對(duì)于創(chuàng)造雅典民主的主要貢獻(xiàn)是他完成了減弱家族和宗族結(jié)構(gòu)(尤其是貴族家族和宗族結(jié)構(gòu))的長(zhǎng)期的過(guò)程，并且在他們所在地方設(shè)置基于地點(diǎn)的稱之為demes團(tuán)體，這成為了雅典所有公民和大多數(shù)宗教生活的入口點(diǎn)。

　　這個(gè)句子的主要修飾成分就是從句、介詞短語(yǔ)和非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，大家務(wù)必想清楚，每一個(gè)修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。