2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(76)

76. Women’s control over the number of children they have is an unqualified good—as is the average person’s enjoyment, in rich countries, of ten more years of life than they had in 1960. 

【結構分析】 

 本句主句爲Women’s control over the number of children they have is an unqualified good，其中they have爲省略了關係代詞的定語從句，修飾先行詞children，破折號部分as is the average person’s enjoyment…爲as引導的定語從句，修飾先行詞an unqualified good，注意這裏good作名詞用；句末的比較結構of ten more years of life than they had in 1960整體作從句中表語the average person’s enjoyment的後置定語。

【詞彙】

 unqualified 絕對的，沒有限制的

good 此處爲名詞，可以譯成“優勢”

enjoyment 快樂---此處須與上文構成語義銜接，因此譯成“優勢”

【參考譯文】  女人擁有一種絕對的優勢，那就是對自己生孩子的數量的掌控。在發達國家，對普通人而言，能比六十年代的人多享受十年的生活也同樣是種絕對優勢。