考研英語長難句|Day65

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今日長難句

Restaurants and street stalls in the city-state are faced with hiking prices of the staple food or shutting down altogether as their supplies dwindle from neighboring Malaysia, where production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage.

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詞彙解析

street stall 路邊攤

the city-state 城市國家(一般指城邦,一個獨立、自主、單獨的城鎮爲中心的國家),句中指的是新加坡

hiking [ˈhaɪkɪŋ] adj. 大幅提高的

the staple food 主食

shut down 關閉

altogether [ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər] adv. 總共,全部

dwindle [ˈdwɪndl] v. 縮小,減少

disrupt [dɪsˈrʌpt] v. 擾亂,使中斷

a global feed shortage 全球飼料短缺

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結構分析

✔句子主幹:

Restaurants and street stalls are faced with hiking prices or shutting down altogether

✔定語1:

in the city-state

✔定語2:

of the staple food

✔狀語從句:

as their supplies dwindle from neighboring Malaysia

✔定語從句:

where production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage

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參考譯文

Restaurants and street stalls in the city-state are faced with hiking prices of the staple food or shutting down altogether as their supplies dwindle from neighboring Malaysia, where production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage.

由於來自鄰國馬來西亞的供應減少,這個城市國家的餐館和路邊攤面臨着主食價格上漲或完全關閉的局面,而馬來西亞的生產則是受到了全球飼料短缺的影響。

長難句背景:爲保障國內市場供應,馬來西亞政府禁止出口雞肉,這一舉措讓鄰國新加坡措手不及。這一禁令對喜愛雞飯的新加坡人影響最大。