His rise to riches would seem to illustrate the chimerical proportions of the American dream, yet he dies--- brutally, senselessly---at the hands of a garage mechanic, who mistakes Gastsby for his wife’s murderer and so shoots him in his swimming pool.

 

 

主语 His rise

 

谓语 would seem

 

宾语 to illustrate the chimerical proportions

 

 

单词

 

proportion

 

音标

 

[prəˈpɔːʃn]

 

中文词意

 

n. 部分;比例;匀称

 

 

这句话是包含连词"yet"的并列句，"yet"前面一部分，主语"His rise"，定语"to riches"，谓语"would seem"，可将不定式"to illustrate the chimerical proportions"看成是宾语，"of the American dream"是宾语的定语；"yet"后面一部分，主语"he"，谓语"dies"，破折号中的两个副词是状语，"at the hands of"也可看作状语；"who"引导非限定性定语从句，而且是个并列句，"who"修饰先行词"garage mechanic"并在从句中做主语，谓语"mistakes"，宾语"Gastsby"，"for his wife’s murderer"可看作是宾语补语，"and"后面的部分主语"garage mechanic"被省略，谓语"shoots"，宾语"him"，"in his swimming pool"则为地点状语。

 

 

他的发迹史印证了美国梦的光怪陆离，然而他在一个汽修工枪口下的无谓之死，却又是那般的残酷。后者误以为盖茨比是杀死他妻子的凶手，将其射杀在泳池里。

 

 

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