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BBC news 2009-11-27 加文本
参考翻译:都柏林教区报告对天主教堂和爱尔兰政府均提出了批评。
语法学习:neither nor的用法
neither…nor…,其意为“既不…也不…”、“…和…都不”:
I have neither time nor money. 我既无时间又无钱。
I neither smoke nor drink. 我既不抽烟也不喝酒。
He neither knows nor cares what happened. 他对所发生的事不闻不问。
This is neither my fault nor yours. 这既不怪我,也不怪你。
【注】通常应连接两个相同性质的句子成分,但有时后一成分可能省略与前一成分相同的词。若连接两个成分作主语,其谓语通常与靠近的主语保持一致:
Mary neither likes maths nor (likes) history. 玛丽既不喜欢数学也不喜欢历史。
Neither Jim and Jack was at home. 吉姆和杰克都不在家。
但在非正式文体中也可一律用复数:
Neither Jim and Jack were at home. 吉姆和杰克都不在家。
2.The British Home Secretary Allen Johnson has refused to block the extradition to the United States of a British man who hacked into American military computer networks.
参考翻译:英国内政大臣艾伦·约翰逊(Alan Johnson)拒绝阻止侵入美国军事计算机网络的英国男子引渡到美国。
结构分析:这句话的主干是The British Home Secretary Allen Johnson has refused to block the extradition。refused to block有点双重否定的意思。拒绝阻止,也就是支持将其引渡到美国。the extradition of a British man指明引渡对象。who hacked into是定语从句,修饰a British man。
3.The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei has expressed his frustration with Iran over what he said was its failure to cooperate with his investigation into whether it'd tried to make a nuclear weapon.
参考翻译:即将卸任的国际原子能机构总干事巴拉迪(Mohamed Elbaradei)表示对伊朗非常失望。国际原子能机构试图调查伊朗是否在研制核武器,而伊朗拒绝配合。
结构分析:outgoing是指即将离职的,即将卸任的。The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei这一整个都是主语。has expressed his frustration with Iran是谓语和宾语部分。what he said was……是what引导的宾语从句,做介词over的宾语。whether it'd tried to make a nuclear weapon做介词into的宾语。