长难句释义

1. It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sheep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels. (Para. 2)

2. … the very existence of the outer world was hushed. (Para. 6)

3. … the long passage of the centuries. (Para. 6)

More examples:

● Due to poor management the bank was rated C last year.

● The company management were totally corrupt.

● Nobody ever suspected his belonging to that secret gang.

● Her personal belongings remained untouched.

● The publication of the book was regarded as a great cultural event.

● You won’t be able to get full professorship without publications.

4. “Stop,” I said, my brain reeling. “Tell me one thing at a time”(Para. 19)

5. “You are in a museum. The figures in the cases are specimens like yourself. But here,” he said, “if … come out on Broadway.” (Para. 25)

6. … I stood riveted in astonishment. (Para. 26)

7. In place of the roaring thoroughfare that I had known, this silent, moss-grown desolation … There were no wires overhead—no sound of life or movement except here and there, there passed slowly to and fro … the same look of infinite age upon them.(Para. 27)

8. … the era of the conquest … (Para. 28)

9. … humanity was destined to move forward. (Para. 28)

10. … rendered me almost speechless. (Para. 28)

11. But how do you get about? (Para. 32)

12. I tried to pull my senses together. (Para. 38)

13. I must go at it systematically. (Para. 38)

14. It died out of itself. (Para. 40)

15. You were all caught in the cogs of your own machine. (Para. 42)

16. … just as soon as mankind … (Para. 46)

17. Eating and all that goes with it ... (Para. 46)

18. … the revolt of women and the fall of Fashion. (Para. 47)

19. … my old time harangues ... (Para. 48)

20. … the texture of life ... (Para. 56)

21. Well, we hunted them down … (Para. 63)

22. I’ve heard about your arrangements with the women ... (Para. 74)

23. Yes, but give a rest to the rest of the corridor! (Para. 79)