精選考研英語翻譯講詞
As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setbacka back-up earner who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.
【析句】 as a result 作狀語,表示某種結果。
a back-up earner 在句中作the parachute 的同位語,後面接一個定語從句。
【講詞】 primary 意為主要的;首要的,跟major,main 等意思相近。
如要表示次要的,英文是secondary。earner 在句中指wage earner,即掙錢人。
workforce 指就業大軍;勞動力(工人的總數)。
lay off 意為失業。
Thisadded-worker effect could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.
【析句】 句子的'主幹是Thisadded-worker effect could support the safety net,過去分詞offered 引導的結構作定語修飾the safety net。
【講詞】 add 意為增加,added 可以表示附加的,如:added value(附加值,淨增值)。
safety net 指社會保障制度。
unemployment insurance 指失業保險,disability insurance 指殘疾保險。
weather 在句中作動詞,表示抵禦;承受;平安渡過,如:weather a crisis(渡過危機)。