复杂的非谓语动词的理解 例275

例275　Razitch's latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.

【结构分析】句子的主干是Razitch's latest book...traces the roots...。Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms是书的同位语，concluding是个分词状语，后面是个宾语从句they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.其中they指前面的schools; anything but此处的意思是“决不，远非”，counterbalance的意思是“抗衡”，distaste的意思是“讨厌”。注意concluding...后面的宾语从句中各个词之间的肯定和否定关系。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于分词状语concluding后面套上宾语从句，而宾语从句里面anything but表示“绝对没有”。

【核心词汇】

a Century of Failed School Reforms　一个世纪的失败学校改革

trace the roots of　探索根源

anti-intellectualism　反智主义倾向

anything but　绝对没有

a counterbalance to　抵制

the American distaste for intellectual pursuits　美国人对才学追求的厌恶

【参考译文】莱维西最新著作《落后：一个世纪的失败学校改革》探索学校里反智主义倾向的根源，书中的结论是：美国学校绝没有抵制美国人对才学追求的厌恶。