2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(69)

69. It’s much easier to say “Great idea!” when a terrific solution has been put forward by someone on your team, than it is to take the time to explain why an employee’s favorite brainchild isn’t going anywhere except the circular file.

【結構分析】 

 以逗號爲切入點，得到一個比較結構 It’s much easier to say “Great idea!”…than…。it 是形式主語，前半部分的真正主語由不定式結構 to say “Great idea!”… 充當，這裏包含一個when引導的時間狀語從句when a terrific solution has been put forward by someone on your team，使用了被動語態的現在完成時。後半部分真正主語爲to take the time to explain…，explain後的賓語是why引導的賓語從句 why an employee’s favorite brainchild isn’t going anywhere except the circular file。

【詞彙】

 terrific 極佳的，極好的---->區分terrible 糟糕的

put forward 提出

take time to do sth. 花時間做某事

brainchild 獨創的觀念；點子

circular file 比喻表達=waste basket 廢紙簍

【參考譯文】   當團隊中的某個人提出了極好的解決方案時，說“好主意”要比花時間解釋爲什麼一個職員最喜歡的想法最終被拋棄要容易得多。