考研英語長難句｜Day108

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今日長難句

Offering a swag of money to someone who has been serially underpaid can have the opposite of the intended effect if it leaves them seething about how much pay and recognition they have been missing out on for years.

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詞彙解析

a swag of 一堆（句中搭配money，譯爲“一大筆錢”）

serially [ˈsɪˌriəli] adv. 連續地

underpaid [ˌʌndərˈpeɪd] adj. 酬勞過低的，酬不抵勞的

opposite [ˈɑːpəzɪt] n. 對立面，反面

intended [ɪnˈtendɪd] adj. 打算的，計劃的，意欲達到的

seethe [siːð] v. 強壓怒火，生悶氣

recognition [ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃn] n. 認可，賞識

miss out on 錯失機會，錯過了

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結構分析

✔句子主幹：

Offering a swag of money to someone can have the opposite of the intended effect

✔定語從句：

who has been serially underpaid

✔狀語從句（含省略關係詞的定從）：

if it leaves them seething about how much pay and recognition (定從→) they have been missing out on for years

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參考譯文

Offering a swag of money to someone who has been serially underpaid can have the opposite of the intended effect if it leaves them seething about how much pay and recognition they have been missing out on for years.

如果給連續薪酬過低的人一大筆錢，這會讓他們爲多年來一直沒有得到多少薪酬和認可而感到憤怒，那麼可能會產生適得其反的效果。

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