1、长成分
1)长从句做主语、宾语及其他成分
a、主语从句
b、宾语从句
2)长状语
3)层层修饰
4)并列成分
2、常见倒装搭配
(1)及物动词加介词:固定词组的固定搭配中,经常出现倒装情况,如:bring A to B,写作:bring to B A
例:Yet Waltzer’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.
类似的情况:throw over , insert into , import into , infer from, establish for , advocate as 等
(2)及物动词加副词
3、省略的几种情况
(1)重复的成分
(2)让步转折的省略:如although (but)
(3)定语从句引导词的省略which(that )
(4)定语从句的引导词和系动词同时省略,变成后置定语
如:qualities(such as “the capacity for hard work”) essential in producing wealth
4、 短语被分割
如:such as, so that , too to , more than , from A to B , between A and B
5、多重否定
如:Despite these vague categories , one should not claim unequivocally that hostility between recognizable classes cannot be legitimately observed .
6、难句分析举例
Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class , an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business.
[句子主干]Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased …shareholders as a class, (which was) an element…
可见,定语从句的难点在于经常省略“引导词+be”的结构,从而在理解上容易和分词结构相混淆。