复杂的定语从句的拆分和理解 例36

例36　New ways of organizing the workplace—all that reengineering and downsizing—are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.

【结构分析】主语中心语是New ways of organizing the workplace，谓语动词是are，宾语中心语是one contribution, to the overall productivity of an economy是个介词短语，修饰前面的宾语，which is driven by many other factors是个非限定性定语从句，修饰前面整个句子，such as...是个介词短语修饰前面的many other factors, in equipment and machinery, new technology修饰前面的joint investment, in education and training修饰前面的investment。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于非限定性定语从句中套上了such as，而such as后面又两个investment，后面又各加了两个in引导的介词短语来修饰各自的investment。

【核心词汇】

contribution　促进

reengineering　重组

downsizing　缩小规模

all that　这一切包括

overall productivity　综合生产力水平

joint investment　联合投资

drive　驱动

equipment and machinery　机械设备

【参考译文】组织工作场所的新方法——包括机构重组和缩小规模——只是促进某个经济实体的综合生产率提高的一项措施，还有其他许多因素促进生产率的提高，比如对机械设备的联合投资、采用新技术、对教育培训投资等。