考研题源报刊 217
And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer—Congress—insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected. 包括邮政联盟、贺卡生产商在内的利益集团为了自身利益,向美国邮政管理局的最终监管者——国会施加压力。他们要求无论邮政管理局发生任何事,他们所依赖现状的方方面面都应该得到保护。
句型结构分析: And(并连) interest groups(主) ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers(定) exert(谓) self-interested(定) pressure(宾) on the USPS's ultimate overseer(状)—Congress(同位语)—insisting(状) that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected. (宾语从句) 从句①:that(连) whatever else happens to the Postal Service(让步状语从句) aspects(主) of the status quo(定) they depend on(定语从句) get protected. (谓) 从句②:whatever(连[主]) else(定) happens to(谓) the Postal Service(宾) 从句③:they(主) depend on(谓)
研兔讲解 该句为复合句。主句是主谓宾结构,句子的主干是“interest groups exert pressure on.….”;破折号中的名词 Congress 指美国国会,作 USPS's ultimate overseer 的同位语;“现在分词 insisting+that 宾语从句”作伴随状语。该宾语从句的主干是主谓结构,名词短语 status quo 作先行词,后接省略关系代词的定语从句,其从句是 whatever 引导的让步状语从句。
重点单词 overseer ['oʊvərsɪr] n. 监督人;工头 status quo [ˌsteɪtəs'kwoʊ] n. 现状