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“Myths about Tunisia – cradle of the protest movements, the lone success story, flag-bearer for Arab democracy – crumble the further one drives from the country’s Mediterranean coastline into the neglected hinterlands whose rage fuelled the ousting from power of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the long-serving authoritarian president, in January 2011.”
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句子出自卫报一篇介绍突尼斯后革命时代的境况的新闻,原文需要特殊手段访问,不过我还是贴在这里:https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/16/he-ruined-us-10-years-on-tunisians-curse-man-who-sparked-arab-spring
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这句话前半段 “有关突尼斯的迷思……” 和后半段 “愤怒加剧了本阿里权力的被剥夺” 能分别看懂,但中间 “the further” 是什么意思呢?
) I) f1 x, m. c8 d+ D3 ?7 f, ~8 q$ o& W& vcrumble可能是及物或不及物,不过前半句来看,似乎crumble的是myths,而不是myths把什么东西给crumble了。
% w' k3 j7 e4 M! t+ g后半句来看,drives似乎是one的谓语动词。所以整个句子看起来,我推测 “the further” 有可能是作为连词,也可能是作为 “one drives from ...” 定语从句的中心词;! S' C4 f3 [, T
不过查了一些词典,都没有发现这两种用法之一,而且无论哪种解释都弄不明白句子的意思…… 难不成是one的形容词?也解释不太通啊……+ @; m/ N j1 z; p+ T( [
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搜了好久,结果发现另一个结构相似的句子:“Earlier this month, Mr. Trump began promoting Trump the Game, a board game in which players finish off rivals with the words ''You're Fired.'' Several trademark lawyers said the chance for confusion or infringement diminishes the further one gets from a similarly sounding title.”1 b& p# P$ D: ?8 F4 t' E$ u) y
: G6 ?2 _- M2 m% K8 p6 I1 _$ l句子出自纽约时报,是2004年的,文章说的是特朗普申请 “you're fired” 商标结果因为与 “you're hired” 音近的原因被拒绝了的事。
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所以特地求教论坛的各位,帮忙答疑解惑,弄明白这里“further”和整个句子的意思 ????2 c/ ]; N- Y! T* E" h+ F, F
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