考研英語長難句｜Day82

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今日長難句

India stepped up pressure on utilities to increase imports to blend with local coal in recent days, warning of cuts to the supply of domestically mined coal if power plants did not build up coal inventories through imports.

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詞彙解析

step up 增加，提高

utility [juːˈtɪləti] n. 公用事業

blend [blend] v. 融合，混合（常與介詞with搭配）

cut [kʌt] n. 縮減，削減

domestically mined coal 國內開採的煤炭

power plants 發電廠，發電站（=power stations）

inventory [ˈɪnvəntɔːri] n. 庫存，存貨

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結構分析

✔句子主幹：

ndia stepped up pressure

✔定語：

on utilities

✔狀語1：

to increase imports to blend with local coal; in recent days

✔狀語2：

warning of cuts to the supply of domestically mined coal

✔狀語從句：

if power plants did not build up coal inventories through imports

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參考譯文

India stepped up pressure on utilities to increase imports to blend with local coal in recent days, warning of cuts to the supply of domestically mined coal if power plants did not build up coal inventories through imports.

最近，印度加大了對公用事業公司的壓力，要求它們增加進口，以便與當地煤炭混合使用。印度警告稱，如果發電廠不通過進口增加煤炭庫存，國內開採的煤炭供應將會減少。