2016考研英语长难句解析（23）

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Making a buck is becoming progressively。more challenging for
brick-and-mortar retailers. Nearly two decades after Amazon.com and others began
to chop away at the underpinnings of the traditional retailing business model,
the pervasiveness of smartphones, the emergence of the digitally empowered
consumer, and the prospect of one-day delivery make the future of physical
retailing seem ever more tenuous.
    词汇突破：
    Makea buck 挣钱
    Progressively 越来越
    Challenging 挑战性
    brick-and-mortar retailers 实体零售商
    chop away at 削弱;动摇
    underpinning (理论)基础
    pervasiveness 遍布，普及
    empower 获得…能力
    physical retailing 实体销售
    tenuous 脆弱;
    句子解析：
    1. Making a buck is becoming progressively more challenging for
brick-and-mortarretailers.
    对于实体店而言，赚钱变得越来越困难
    2. Nearly two decades after Amazon.com and others began to chop away at the
underpinnings of the traditional retailing business model, the pervasiveness of
smartphones, the emergence of the digitally empowered consumer, and the prospect
of one-day delivery make the future of physical retailing seem ever more
tenuous.
    句子主干： A, B and C make D seemever more tenuous.
    A= the pervasiveness of smart phones,
    B= the emergence of the digitally empowered consumer
    C= the prospect of one-day delivery
    其他成分：Nearly two decades after Amazon.com and others began to chop away at
the underpinnings of the traditional retailing business model,时间状语
    参考译文：二十多前，亚马逊以及其他公司就开始削弱传统零售商业模式的理论基础，智能手机无处不在，消费者拥有了数字技术的能力，快递业可以当日送达，这些都使得实体销售的前景似乎更加岌岌可危。