Women Increase Pool E N Numbers Married Twentieth

意群训练： The increas e in the numbers o f married wome n employed outside the hom e in the twentieth centur y had less to do wit h the mechanization of housewor k and an increas e in leisure tim e for these wome n than it did with their ow n economic necessit y and wit h high marriage rate s that shrank the available pool o f single women workers ，previously，in many cases ，the only wome n employers would hire .

标志： The increase ［in the numbers of married women (employed outside the home) /in the twentieth century/］had less to do with the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates (that shrank the available pool of single women workers，（previously，in many cases ），the only women employers would hire.)

译文： ［/20世纪初/（在家庭以外被雇用的）已婚妇女的人数上的］增加 与其说 是与家务劳动的机械化 及 这些妇女闲暇时间的增加有关 ， 倒不如说 是与 以下的两种东西 有关 ：她们自己的经济需要 及 （减少了单身女工的劳动力资源的）高结婚率 ，而单身女工 （是原来在大多数情况下 雇主愿意雇用的惟一的一种女性）。

解释： 主语The increase 之后照例来了一堆修饰成分。后面的had less to do with...than do with...的意思是与前面的东西的关系不如与后面的关系那么重要，相当于中文的与其说……还不如说……。但是本句的比较双方都是又臭又长的由and所连接的两个名词性短语，令读者阅读时的思维难以连贯。

the pool of如果后面跟着一种人群，则这个词组指劳动力资源。