2017年9月6日口碑课程网考研英语长难句解析

今日长难句：

They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light-years from earth.

参考译文：

迄今为止，科学家所发现的最大、最遥远的物体是：离地球大约150亿光年的一块狭长的巨大宇宙云系。

句子解析：

① 本句主干为主系表结构，即：they/ were / the largest and most distant objects.

② by far 为插入语，表时间状语

③ that scientists had ever detected 为定语从句，修饰 objects.

④ 分号之后的“a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light-years from earth”为objects 的同位语，起解释说明作用。

单词背诵：

by far 迄今为止

object / ˈɔbdʒikt/ n. 物体

detect / diˈtekt / vt. 发现

a strip of … 一条/块(狭长的)……

enormous / iˈnɔ:məs/ adj. 巨大的

cosmic / ˈkɔzmik/ adj. 宇宙的 (cosmos n. 宇宙)

lligte-year n. 光年

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