2016考研英语长难句解析（14）

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A long-held view of the history of the English colonies that became the
United States has been that England’s policy toward these colonies before 1763
was dictated by commercial interests and that a change to more imperial policy,
dominated by expansionist militarist objective, generated the tensions that
ultimately led to the American Revolution.
   
    词汇突破：
    A long-held view 长久以来的观点
    Dictated主导
    Dominated 主导
    Imperial policy 帝国政策
    expansionist militarist objective 扩张主义的军事目标 (顺便说一下：名词也可以做定语：eligibility age
= eligible age)
    结构分析：
    主干识别： A long-held view has been that…and that...
    其他成分： of the history of the English colonies that became the United States
( view 的修饰成分)
    England’s policy toward these colonies before 1763 was dictated by
commercial interests 表语从句一
    a change to more imperial policy, dominated by expansionist militarist
objective, generated the tensions that ultimately led to the American
Revolution.表语从句二
    微观分析： of the history of the English colonies that became the United
States
    后来变成美国的英国殖民地的历史(够饶的)
    a change to more imperial policy, dominated by expansionist militarist
objective, generated the tensions that ultimately led to the American
Revolution.表语从句二
    主干：a change to more imperial policy generated the tensions that
ultimatelyled to the American Revolution.
    其他成分：, dominated by expansionist militarist
objective,(这里主要从语义入手就好了，说其实定语和状语都是可以的)
    参考译文：
对于后来成为了美国的英国殖民地，人们一直以来持有下面的观点：1.在1763年之前，英国对于这些殖民地的政策被经济利益所支配。2.之后在扩张主义的军事目标的左右下转向了一种帝国政策，这样形成了一种紧张局势，并最终导致了美国革命。