2016考研英语长难句的相关知识学到现在，不知道各位考生掌握的如何，在实际操作的时候，大家可以依然是先分句翻译，然后根据上下文与段落整体逻辑进行整合串联。下面就给举几个例子供大家练习并进行解析。

【例1】Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and more of the substance required to produce the desired effect, and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance is discontinued.

译文：依赖的最初表现是不断增长的耐药量，要产生预期的效果需要的药剂量越来越大，而一旦中断使用就会出现难受的停药症状。

句子主干：Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance,…and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms

复合结构：with more and more of the substance required to produce the desired effect

时间状语从句：when the substance is discontinued

【例2】It doesn’t help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert them.

译文：对于那些竭力自我显示的国家和人民来说，修建高大雄伟的大坝即是某种成就的象征，然而修建大坝其实并没有多大作用。

主句：It doesn’t help

主语从句：that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert them2016考研大纲

非谓语动词作后置定语：striving to assert them

【例3】But this was not always the case; before it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education.

译文：但是情况并不总是如此。在法律要求所有儿童在一定年龄必须上学之前，人们普遍认为有些儿童天生就不适合接受这种教育。

转折并列句：But this was not always the case

时间状语从句：before it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age

主句（it作形式主语）：it was widely accepted

主语从句：that some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education

【例4】Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly. Summer homes, European travl, BMWs—the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago.

译文：当然，人们现在对成功及其标志的兴趣似乎并未比从前减弱。避暑别墅、欧洲旅行、宝马车——它们的位置、地名和商标可能会改变，但现在对这些东西的需求似乎并未比一二十年前减少。

主句1（否定比较级）：Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly

主句2（主语平行结构）：Summer homes, European travl, BMWs—the locations, place names and name brands may change

转折并列句（否定比较级）：but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago

大家在复习的时候，别忘了可以把这些长难句中的好词好句总结起来，英语作文说不定还会用到它们呢。