考研英语每日经典长难句分析 2018.11.04

The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this，which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

· 词的处理 ·

the food supply 食品供应

increase 增长match 与……相匹配

mean 意味着

head into 进入……

in the matter of 在……方面 = in matter of …marketing 营销

· 句子翻译分析 ·

The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this，which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

译：食品供应的增加将远远赶不上人口的增长，这就意味着我们在粮食的生产和购销方面已陷入危机。

1. 主干：the food supply will not increase

2. 修饰：nearly enough to match this 修饰increase;which …引导定语从句修饰前面的整句话;that …引导动词mean的宾语从句

· 翻译技巧提示 ·

分析长难句或翻译过程中需要看上下文吗?答案：需要的时候就看，不需要的时候就不看。比如，今天的这句中的this 指代什么东西?就需要看上文，this指代上文中的the population of the world seems to pass six billion …