Matter Predominant Positions People Material Evoke Affection Walzer's

意群训练： Yet Walzer's argument , however deficient ，does point t o one of the most serious weaknesse s of capitalism —namely，that it bring s to predominant positions in a societ y people who ，no matte r how legitimatel y they have earne d their material rewards ，often lac k those other qualitie s that evoke affection or admiration .

标志：Yet Walzer's argument , however deficient, does point to one of the most serious weaknesses of capitalism —namely，that it brings /to predominant positions in a society/ people ［who ，no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards, often lack those other qualities (that evoke affection or admiration)］.

译文： 然而W的论点 ，不管有什么样的缺陷 ，也确实指出了 资本主义的一个最为严重的弱点 ——那就是，它（资本主义 ） 把 ［那些 不论是如何合法地赚到他们的物质回报的， 但是往往缺乏 （那些 能唤起别人的爱戴和崇敬的品质的）］人带到 了 /社会上的显要位置/。

解释： 第一个插入语however deficient中的however在此不是转折连词，而是副词，等于no matter how；但是因为后面出现了no matter how，而作者又追求语言表述的多样性，所以作者在此使用了however deficient这样较为少见的（但在GRE考试中多见的）语言。

尽管本句的插入语较多，第二个插入语还很长，但是本句的真正难点在倒装上。破折号后面的部分是主句宾语的同位语从句，此从句中固定搭配bring A to B被倒装成了bring to B A。如果把这句话恢复成正常语序，则是it brings people ［who ，no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards, often lack those other qualities (that evoke affection or admiration)］/to predominant positions in a society/。很明显，这样的语序会显得头重脚轻。