复杂的并列句的拆分和理解 例258

例258　In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.

【结构分析】这句话考的是not only...but also...这种固定搭配，这句话的主语是the concept of private property，动词是embraces，其中第一个宾语是the ownership of productive resources，第二个宾语是certain rights，后面加上分词定语including the right修饰前面的名词，后面再加上两个并列的不定式短语做定语，一个是to determine the price of a product，一个是to make a free contract with another private individual。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于大并列和小并列，大并列是两个宾语，小并列是两个不定式并列，很经典。

【核心词汇】

private property　私有财产

embrace　包括

ownership of productive resources　生产资料所有制

make a free contract　签订自由合同

【参考译文】在美国经济中，私有财产的定义不仅包括生产资料的所有制，还包括某些权利，比如定价权或与另外一个个体户签订自由合同的权利。