GRE / GMAT / LSAT长难句300句（27）

Hardy's weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones.

Hardy的弱点一方面在于他显然无法控制各种冲动的来来去去，另一方面在于他不愿意培养和保持那些强烈且冒险的冲动。

【词汇/短语分析】

1、derive from 来源于

2、divergent adj.发散的

  di[前缀：分开] + verg[词根：倾向] + ent[形容词后缀] --> 朝各个方向分开 --> 发散的

3、impulse n.冲动 v.推动

  im[in 在...里面] + puls[词根：推动] + e[动词后缀] --> 冲动

4、unwillingness n.不情愿

  un[否定前缀] + will[愿意] + ing[形容词后缀] + ness[名词后缀] --> 不情愿

5、cultivate vt.培养

  cult[词根：培育] + iv[ive 形容词后缀] + ate[动词后缀] --> 培养

【语法分析】

Hardy's weakness derived from his apparent inability 1[to control the comings and goings] 2[of these divergent impulses] 3{and 4[] from his unwillingness 5[to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones]}.

1. 介词结构倒装。to control the comings and goings修饰inability。

2. 介词结构倒装。of these divergent impulses修饰the comings and goings。

3. 长句。and连接的平行结构。

4. 平行结构省略。from之前省略了动词derived。

5. 介词结构倒装。to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones修饰unwillingness。

【成分分析】

Hardy's weakness[主] derived[谓] from his apparent inability[状] to control the comings and goings[定] of these divergent impulses[定] [连]and from his unwillingness[状] to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones[定].

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