2017年-2023年高考英语阅读真题长难句解析（347-348）讲义-2024届高考英语一轮复习

1、 长难句翻译 1.A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero’s downfall. 2.Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible. 2、 长难句翻译解析 1A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero’s downfall. 【语法详析】 本句的主干为 A long-lost brother was really alive all the time…。who was presumed dead 为插入语，同时作brother的定语从句。 【词汇精讲】 presume /prɪˈzjuːm/ v. 认定，假定，冒昧【名】presumption 【辨】assume 假设，承担 wickedly /'wɪkɪdli/ adv. 邪恶地，淘气地 plot /plɒt/ n. 情节，阴谋 v. 密谋 downfall /ˈdaʊn.fɔːl/ n. 垮台 In British law, you are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty. 按英国法律，在证明你有罪前，假定你是无辜的。 I don't wish to presume, but don’t you think you should apologize to her? 恕我冒昧，但你难道不觉得应该向她道歉吗？ The army is plotting the overthrow of the government. 军队正密谋推翻政府。 Rampant corruption brought about the downfall of the government. 腐败横行导致政府垮台。 【参考译文】 一位失踪多年的兄弟，大家都以为他死了，实际上一直活着，并且正在恶毒地密谋让主人公垮台。 2.Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible. 【语法详析】 本句的主干为 circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences，其中，do强调动词conspire。which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible 作coincidences的定语从句。 【词汇精讲】 circumstance /ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/ n.情形，环境 【组】under no circumstances 绝不 conspire /kənˈspaɪər/ v. 密谋，共谋 【名】conspiracy 阴谋 coincidence /kəʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/ n. 巧合【动】coincide 同时发生 but prep. 除了 【组】anything but 不是，nothing but 是，cannot choose but do 别无选择，只能 incredible /ɪnˈkred.ə.bəl/ adj. 难以置信的 【辨】inevitable 不可避免的 Under no circumstances should you approach the man. 你无论如何都不应该联系那个男人。 As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother. 还是小女孩的时候，姐妹俩常常在一起密谋对付她们的哥哥。 You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a