2022考研英语长难句练习及详细分析(106)

Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technology yet to come.

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本句共有32个词，属于考研英语中常见的长难句。

长难句分析：

1、主句：the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction

主语：the author

谓语：produced

宾语：a remarkable work of speculative fiction

2、定语从句(先行词work，在从句中作主语)：that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technology yet to come

从属连词：that(即从句主语，指work)

谓语：would foreshadow

宾语：many ethical questions

定语：to be raised by technology yet to come(修饰questions)

3、before the invention of the electric light bulb属于由before构成的时间状语，翻译的时候顺译即可，但是before里面有个of the electric light bulb小定语，需要放在invention前翻译。

本句为复合句，主句意为：“作者已经创作了一部引人注目的推理小说”;定语从句由that引导，用来修饰先行词questions，表明这些问题的特点。

参考译文：甚至在电灯泡发明之前，作者就已经创作了一部引人注目的推理小说，它预示着未来的技术将引发许多伦理问题。