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en In addition, the ideal of six CEO's (female or male) serving on the board of each of the largest corporations is realizable only if every CEO serves on six board.
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意群训练: In additionthe ideal of six CEO's (female or male ) serving on the board of each of the largest corporations is realizable only if every CEO serves on six board .

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标志: /In addition,/ the ideal [of six CEO's (female or male) (serving on the board of each of the largest corporations)]is realizable /only if every CEO serves on six board./

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译文: /而且/,[六个(男性或女性的)CEO(服务于每一个最大的公司董事会的)]理想 /只有当每一个CEO都服务于六个董事会的情况下/才可能实现

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解释: 除了主语的修饰成分比较长、比较复杂之外,句子的结构没什么可说的;本句的难度主要在于,尽管字字词词都能看懂,可是读者就是搞不懂句子到底是个什么意思,即使有上下文,这个地方也是百分之九十以上的人都无法看懂的难点。实际上这句话在文章中是用于评价“雇用女性CEO服务于董事会”这个方案的,其前提是女性CEO极少。这句话难以读懂的一个重要原因是其可能实现的ideal的荒谬性:本句的意思是,女性CEO少,而六个公司都想要女性CEO,这样一、两个女CEO可以加上四、五个男CEO组成一个CEO团,由六个最大的公司共用,每一个CEO就将供职于所有的六个公司。

type 复杂修饰+难解句意
score 5
idx 038
category gmat

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