分享一段话你们看看，

吕下阿蒙

No man was born with the very soul he now possesses. A man's soul is a lifetime in the making. It has been, and will be, carved and filed and chiseled, incessantly and irreversibly, in the man's dying body, by his worldly experiences, namely, the books he has read, the places he has gone to, and all the people he has met.

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elusty

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这段话的核心是：
A man's soul is a lifetime in the making.
简而言之，就是人的灵魂是需要终生塑造的，什么时候去世，这件作品也就完工了。

: O1 W$ u% m9 S/ u$ I+ Ra lifetime in the making是一首歌曲的名字，语法和逻辑上没有问题。
https://music.douban.com/subject/3685748/

但是，A man's soul is a lifetime in the making，无论从语法和逻辑上都有问题。
& A. d- B4 X7 c) m  Y6 y8 X简化一下，a soul is a lifetime逻辑不通。soul是抽象的“灵魂”，lifetime是a period.

虽然有些英美人这样使用：
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4 j6 `, O. H  d" eWritten style is a lifetime in the making, and your time at Emmanuel will prioritise this kind of development.

吕下阿蒙

你们看看怎么理解

吴二

就是说人的心灵并非生来如此，也不是一成不变，而是在一生中，被所读之书，所经之事，所遇之人，不断地塑造，成长。

取进止

现在不是流行一句话“你的气质里，藏着你读过的书见过的人和经历过的事。”

吴二

elusty 发表于 2018-3-8 21:34
. `; D/ y7 w9 }% a$ w这段话的核心是：
A man's soul is a lifetime in the making.
简而言之，就是人的灵魂是需要终生塑造的， ...

我的理解，a lifetime，相当于名词作状语了，就是 a man's soul is in the making a lifetime.

elusty

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吴二 发表于 2018-3-8 21:47
1 l: a* W/ D% T3 f8 _; C' S我的理解，a lifetime，相当于名词作状语了，就是 a man's soul is in the making a lifetime.  ...

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看来是我理解不全，但是具体如何分析结构，还不清楚：
6 \& [7 H( D3 y1 }2 z7 Y3 n. Rhttps://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/in_the_making
‘A replica traction engine more than a decade in the making by a father and son team is almost complete.’
‘Six years in the making and England have a cricket team to be proud of.’

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being created:
5 G( Q! O. s: Z) r( E$ C( fHer novel was ten years in the making, and not very successful.

: p* n) A& c& _7 j3 j* T4 G$ j. Z$ ~" Ehttps://dictionary.cambridge.org ... making#translations
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小鱼儿0102

腹有诗书气自华

laporte

奇怪，昨天我瞟过一眼这帖子，我记得是讲一个男人抱着个美妞想着还是初恋更美好的事

吕下阿蒙

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elusty 发表于 2018-3-8 22:46
看来是我理解不全，但是具体如何分析结构，还不清楚：
: a% E3 Y0 g0 `  e6 L: B$ M4 F1 shttps://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/in ...

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9 q: `; g  x( m( W" ]; p' ~- n5 z3 V3 eA man's soul is a lifetime in the making.

没有问题吧。语法和意义上都没有问题啊。

简化成 a soul is a lifetime. 这样简化来分析句子没有意义啊

elusty

吴二 发表于 2018-3-8 21:47
, l* f* \) b5 u4 O' b我的理解，a lifetime，相当于名词作状语了，就是 a man's soul is in the making a lifetime.  ...

! E* n# R. ^  f5 _4 w7 k从众多例句看，in the making是修饰前面的名词的。
$ Y, ~( X+ z5 K  n: A" \4 S  V# X但是，如果是be + 时间段 + in the making，感觉应该看成整体，就是take/prepare for a certain period的意思。
4 q4 m9 f0 s) [+ O' O; x+ B例如：
' U. H! B) P0 h, F: iThe tougher standards were 45 years in the making...
这些标准耗时45年方编辑完成...
* j) P; p) @6 ~; Z- f2 A0 e* g既然是idiom，就没有太大语法分析必要了。

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" d8 `3 p0 Y& U' U  E吴二先生说的有道理，习语也的确是可以分析的，不过，有些较难分析。不再费脑细胞了。