2018屠屠考研英语长难句 一日一句(100)

100. Moreover,a study carried out eight years ago by researchers at the University of Aarhus,in Denmark, revealed that women who suffered the death of a child or spouse from some catastrophic illness around the time they conceived were much more likely to give birth to girls than to boys. 

【句式分析】

主语a study后面是一个过去分词短语做定语。revealed后面的宾语从句比较复杂，从句的主体句式为women or spouse were likely to …，who suffered the death of a child是定语从句修饰women，状语from some catastrophic illness around the time they conceived修饰spouse，其中they conceived是省略that的定语从句修饰time。

【词汇】

spouse [spaʊs] n. 配偶

catastrophic [ˌkætə'strɒfɪk] adj. 灾难性的

conceive [kənˈsi:v]  v. 怀孕

give birth to 生育

【中文妙译】

而且，八年前奥尔胡斯大学研究者们做的一项研究也表明，经历过头胎死亡或者配偶在其怀孕期间患上一些灾难性疾病的妇女更倾向于生女孩。

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