分割名词和修饰结构
主要是定语从句和同位语从句(包括其它形式的后置定语和同位语)与所修饰的名词之间会被别的成分或表达隔开。
例1:He laughs best who laughs last.笑到最后的人笑得最好。(定语从句)
例2:The news is not true that we are having a holiday.
我们将去度假的消息不是真的。(同位语从句)
(4)分割其它成分
主要包含以下两种特殊结构,连词和主语间隔、搭配间隔。
例1:I am sure that,without modern weapons,I would make a very poor show of disputing the ownership of a cave with a bear.(连词和主语间隔)
我确信,在与一头熊争夺一个山洞所有权时,如果没有现代武器,我将会洋相尽出。
例2:I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic way about moral problems.(固定搭配分割)
我把他定义为这样的个体:他把用苏格拉底的方式思考道德问题,作为自己人生的首要任务和乐趣。