例282 Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.S. economic performance.
【结构分析】句子开头是个时间状语Not long ago,后面是with伴随状语,也就是with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak,该with短语里面有两个并列成分,一个是the country entering a recessing,一个是Japan at its pre-bubble peak,这个并列成分里面省略了动词entering,句子的主干是并列句,第一个并列句是the U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated,第二个并列句是个省略句,省略了it is,所以还原之后就是it is one of primary cause of the poor U.S. economic performance,如果不还原,句子不完整,只有一个名词短语,没有动词。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于省略句的成功使用,with里面省略了动词,而后面的主干省略了主语和动词,with这个分词状语使用很成功。
【核心词汇】
the country entering a recession 美国经济陷入衰退
Japan at its pre-bubble peak 日本正处于泡沫破灭前的高峰期
the U.S. workforce 美国工人
was derided as 被嘲讽
poorly educated 没有受过良好教育
【参考译文】不久前,随着美国经济陷入衰退,日本正处于泡沫破灭前的高峰期,美国工人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育,并且被认为这是美国经济不景气的主要原因之一。