2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(84)

 84. Best known as a destination for honeymooners in search of perfect white beaches and swaying palms, the Seychelles islands rarely make any sort of headlines. Few tourists would even have noticed the presidential election on July 30th, in which James Michel, leader of the Seychelles People’s Progressive Front, was returned with 54% of the ballot.

【結構分析】 

 句首Best known as…是分詞做狀語狀語，主語是the Seychelles islands，被動語態被省略了are。後一分句中，使用否定代詞few體現否定，譯爲“很少”，其中包含了in which引導的定語從句in which James Michel，leader of do the Seychelles People’s Progressive Front, was returned with 54% of the ballot修飾先行詞election。leader of the Seychelles People’s Progressive Front爲同位語，補充說明James Michel此人的身份。

【詞彙】

destination 目的地

in search of 尋找

swaying 搖曳的

make any sort of headlines 成爲頭條

ballot 投票

【參考譯文】  說起塞舌爾羣島，許多人只知道它是度蜜月者找尋美麗的白色沙灘和搖曳的棕櫚樹的目的地之一。除此之外，幾乎沒有媒體對其進行報道，就連遊客們也很少有人注意到7月30日該國舉行的總統選舉。在這次選舉中，塞舌爾人民進步陣線領導人詹姆斯*米歇爾獲得了54%的選票。