1)长从句做主语、宾语及其他成分
a. 主语从句
b. 宾语从句
2)长状语
3)层层修饰
4)并列成分
2、常见倒装搭配
1)及物动词加介词:固定词组的固定搭配中,经常出现倒装情况,如:bring A to B,写作:bring to B A
例:Yet Waltzer’s argument , however deficient , does point to one of the most serious weaknesses of capitalism-namely , that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who ,no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards , often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration.
类似的情况:throw over , insert into , import into , infer from, establish for , advocate as 等
2)及物动词加副词
例:make possible …(单词或者句子)
3、省略的几种情况
1)重复的成分
2)让步转折的省略:如although (but)
3)定语从句引导词的省略which(that )
4)定语从句的引导词和系动词同时省略,变成后置定语
如:qualities(such as “the capacity for hard work”) essential in producing wealth
4、短语被分割:
如:such as, so that , too to , more than , from A to B , between A and B
5、多重否定:
如:Despite these vague categories , one should not claim unequivocally that hostility between recognizable classes cannot be legitimately observed .