考研英语长难句:一句句突破长难句(08)
长难句:As industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive by reducing the number of employees, Manpower , based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , is booming.结构剖析:本句是一个主从复合句,其中 as 引导的从句 As industrial giants...struggle to survive.. 作时间状语;主句的主干是 Manpower ... is booming , 其中 Manpower 为专有名词,是公司的名字,而 based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 是过去分词,相当于定语从句 which is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 作 Manpower 的定语。
核心词汇:struggle 挣扎;斗争
base 以...为基地; n. 基础
survive 生存
boom 繁荣,蓬勃发展
参考译文:通用汽车公司和IBM等工业巨头靠裁员而勉强支撑时,总部在威斯康星州密尔沃基的公司人力资源却在蓬勃发展。