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高中英语长难句 | Day 2100
高中英语长难句 | Day 2100
New Zealand was also once home to the extinct moas, which were only slightly smaller than the elephant birds of Madagascar (also extinct), the biggest birds that have ever lived, at well over 3m tall.
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【语法详析】
本句的主干为New Zealand was also once home to the extinct moas。1. which were only slightly smaller ... 作moas的非限定性定语从句;2. the biggest birds ... 作elephant birds of Madagascar 的同位语;3. that have ever lived作birds的定语从句。
【词汇精讲】
extinct /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ adj.灭绝的,不复存在的,(火山)死的【名】extinction
slightly /ˈslaɪtli/ adv.略微,稍微
It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain.狼在英国已经灭绝250年了。
The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction .居住在山区的大猩猩已濒临灭绝。
His family then moved to a slightly larger house.然后他全家搬到了一个稍微大一点的房子里。
【参考译文】
新西兰也曾是已灭绝恐鸟的家园,其体型仅略小于马达加斯加象鸟(也已灭绝),马达加斯加象鸟是有史以来最大的鸟类,身高超过3米。


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