复杂的非谓语动词的理解 例300

例300　People are absorbed into a culture of consumption launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.

【结构分析】句子的主干是People are absorbed into a culture of consumption，后面是分词定语launched by the 19th-century department stores，修饰前面的名词，后面是定语从句that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere，修饰前面的名词department stores。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点是连环的定语，分词定语套上定语从句，这种结构很普遍。

【核心词汇】

absorbed into　沉醉于

a culture of consumption　消费文化

launched by　被推动

vast arrays of goods　琳琅满目的商品

elegant atmosphere　优雅的氛围

【参考译文】人们沉醉于一种消费文化，这种消费文化是被19世纪的商店推动的，这些商店在优雅的氛围下提供琳琅满目的商品。