考研英语真题中长难句拆分与表达的示例
    
    This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
    
    （1）句子拆分
    
    拆分点：从属连词、介词、标点符号
    
    This trend began ∥during the Second World War, ∥ when several governments came to the conclusion ∥that the specific demands ∥that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen ∥in detail.
    
    （2）句子结构
    
    找谓语动词（began, came, wants, cannot be foreseen）；
    
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    找连词（when, that, that）
    
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    前面没有从属连词的动词即为主句的谓语动词
    
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    确定主从句
    
    主句：This trend began during the Second World War ；
    
    从句：定语从句when several governments came to the conclusion修饰the Second World War，本从句嵌套着一个二级从句即同位语从句that the specific demands cannot generally be foreseen in detail修饰conclusion和一个三级从句that引导的定语从句that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment修饰demands。
    
    （3）解析
    
    during the Second World War介词短语做状语；when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail 做定语修饰the Second World War ；that the specific demands cannot generally be foreseen in detail同位语从句修饰conclusion ；that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment修饰demands。
    
    （4）本句的参考译文
    
    这种趋势始于第二次世界大战期间，当时一些国家的政府得出结论：政府向科研机构提出的要求通常是无法详尽预见的。
    
    总之，只要考生对句子结构有个透彻的理解，弄清句子的各个成分，并可以借助连词、介词、非谓语动词等手段把句子由简单变得复杂，由复杂变得简单，这样句子结构分析技能提高了，长难句也就攻克了，考研翻译也就解决了。