考研英語長難句｜Day88

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今日長難句

Britain’s small but high-profile fishing industry—many of whose members advocated strongly for Brexit—was likely to shrink by 30 percent due to difficulties exporting its fresh catch to EU customers, the report said.

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詞彙解析

high-profile adj. 引人注目的

fishing industry 漁業

advocate [ˈædvəkeɪt] v. 擁護，提倡，支持

Brexit 脫歐（英國脫離歐盟）

shrink [ʃrɪŋk] v. 收縮，縮小

due to 由於

fresh catch 新鮮捕獲物（句中指“新鮮的漁獲”）

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結構分析

✔句子主幹：

Britain’s small but high-profile fishing industry was likely to shrink by 30 percent

✔狀語：

due to difficulties exporting its fresh catch to EU customers

✔插入語：

many of whose members advocated strongly for Brexit

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參考譯文

Britain’s small but high-profile fishing industry—many of whose members advocated strongly for Brexit—was likely to shrink by 30 percent due to difficulties exporting its fresh catch to EU customers, the report said.

報告稱，由於難以向歐盟客戶出口新漁獲物，英國規模雖小但備受矚目的漁業（其中許多成員強烈主張脫歐）可能會萎縮30%。