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华慧考博-考博英语两个复杂句子的结构分析(二十七)
1. In The Sydney Morning Herald, journalist Rod Tiffen stated what seems like an obvious point missed over the past week: “There is a strong correlation between the number of guns in a society and deaths resulting from them.”
【结构分析】句子的主干为：journalist Rod Tiffen stated what seems like an obvious point，其中what引导其后的部分充当stated的宾语。“missed over the past week”为分词短语充当“an obvious point”的后置定语；“resulting from them”为分词短语充当“deaths”的后置定语；冒号后的内容对“an obvious point”进行补充说明。
2. The tattooist is powerless to undo what he has done and can only refer unhappy customers to their doctors who, no matter how sympathetic, are able to offer little encouragement.
【结构分析】句子的主干为：The tattooist is powerless to undo what he has done and can only refer unhappy customers to their doctors，其中“what he has done”为what引导的从句充当“undo”的宾语；“who, no matter how sympathetic, are able to offer little encouragement”为who引导的从句充当“their doctors”的后置定语，其中“no matter how sympathetic”充当插入语。
