长难句
Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate. (2010 新题型)
难句分析
分句1
average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail
主语 系动词 表语 地点状语 比较状语
分句2
主句
wholesale demand is growing
主语 谓语
状语从句
as more Europeans eat out
从属连词 主语 谓语
分句3
changes are making it feasible to consolidate
主语 谓语 形式宾语 宾补 真正宾语
本句是并列句,由分号和并列连词and连接的三个分句构成。在分句1中,介词短语in wholesale作地点状语,than in retail作比较状语。分句2是复合句,其中包含as引导的时间状语从句,在主句中,介词短语from the food service sector作后置定语,修饰wholesale demand。分句3中,介词短语in the competitive… industry作后置定语,修饰changes,并且其中of this fragmented industry作后置定语,修饰dynamics;for wholesalers是逻辑主语,表“对来批发商来说”。
参考译文
而且,批发业整体利润的平均值比零售业高;随着越来越多的欧洲人经常外出就餐,餐饮服务部分的批发需求正在快速增长;这一零散型产业的竞争动态的变化最终会使得各批发商联合起来成为可能。