例318 Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.
【結構分析】介詞短語in the American economic system做狀語,修飾整個句子,后面是強調句,it is是主干,加上被強調的名詞短語the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes,其中coupled with是個分詞定語,修飾前面的名詞短語,that引導后半部分強調句子,也就是that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it,其中有兩個賓語從句what和how。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于這個超級強調句,被強調的成分是很長的,多達二十多個單詞,很壯觀,而且強調句后面居然加了兩個賓語從句,強調句套上兩個賓語從句,很有氣勢。
【核心詞匯】
American economic system 美國的經濟體系
demand of individual consumers 個體消費者的需求
the desire of businessmen 商人試圖
maximize profits 最大化其利潤
maximize their incomes 最大化其收入
what shall be produced 什么應該被制造
how resources are used to produce it 資源如何被用來制造它們
【參考譯文】因此,在美國的經濟體系中,個體消費者的需求與商人試圖最大化其利潤的欲望和個人想最大化其收入效用的欲望相結合,一起決定了什么應該被制造,以及資源如何被用來制造它們。