2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(109)

109. Now there is in America a curious combination of pride in having risen to a position where it is no longer necessary to depend on manual labor for a living and genuine delight in what one is able to accomplish with one's own hands.

【句式分析】

句子的主體是there is in America a curious combination of…,後面是 pride和genuine delight 的並列結構，in having risen to a position修飾pride，where引導定語從句修飾a position，in what one is able to accomplish with one's own hands修飾genuine delight。

【詞彙】

manual adj. 手工的
genuine adj. 真正的，由衷的
【中文妙譯】

現在美國有一個奇怪的現象：人們一方面爲地位上升不再需要靠體力勞動謀生而感到自豪，另一方面又對能夠親自動手做一些事而由衷地感到高興。