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Remarkable Persistence Sex Segregation Twentieth Century Origin Industry 意群训练

en More remarkable than the origin has been the persistence of such sex segregation in twentieth-century industry.
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意群训练: More remarkable than the origin has been the persistence of such sex segregation in twentieth-century industry .

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标志: More remarkable /than the origin/ has been the persistence [of such sex segregation (in twentieth-century industry)].

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译文: /比最初的情况/更为引人注目的 [这种性别歧视(在20世纪的)]持续

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解释: 整个句子是一个彻头彻尾的大型倒装,句子的“主+系+表”的结构被翻了过来,成了“表+系+主”。本句的正常语序应该是:

The persistence [of such sex segregation (in twentieth-century industry)]has been more remarkable /than the origin/.

句子被倒装的原因有两个:一是主语被复杂地修饰之后变得太长,倒装有利于句子的结构均衡,避免头重脚轻;二是作者为了强调句首的more remarkable。

type 大型倒装
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