【真題例句1】Being interested in the relationship of language and thought, Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society.
【解析】Being interested in…現在分詞結構作狀語,表原因。本句是一個主從復合句。句子的主干為“Whorf developed the idea”,Being interested in…現在分詞結構作狀語,表原因。That引導同位語從句進一步解釋說明idea。
【真題例句2】The emphasis on data gathered first hand, combined with a cross-cultural perspective brought to analysis of cultures past and present, makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.
【解析】劃線部分為過去分詞作定語,句子的主干為“The emphasis makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.”。介詞結構on data作后置定語修飾限定emphasis,過去分詞結構gathered…作后置定語修飾限定data,過去分詞結構combined with…作定語修飾限定emphasis,過去分詞結構brought to作后置定語修飾限定perspective。