Not least of all, this is due to the Japanese political instability (with premiers changing nearly every year since 2006), the age-old dispute on the relocation of the American air base of Futenma on Okinawa and the wavering attitude of the Japanese government about adhering to the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (the TPP is a project of free trade association that involves nine Pacific countries, including the US, whose broad outlines were agreed last November 12, on the fringe of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii).

 

 

主语 this

 

谓语 is

 

宾语 due to the Japanese political instability，the age-old dispute and the wavering attitude

 

 

单词

 

premier

 

音标

 

prɪ'mɪr

 

中文词意

 

adj. 第一的；最初的n. 总理，首相

 

 

这句话实际上是一个主系表结构，主语"this"，系词"is"，表语"due to"（也可把"be due to"看成一个固定搭配），"to"为介词，后面接的是三个名词结构，第一个"the Japanese political instability"，括号内的是对其的解释；第二个"the age-old dispute"，它被介词结构"on the relocation of the American air base of Futenma on Okinawa"作定语修饰；第三个"the wavering attitude"，它被"of"结构"of the Japanese government"修饰，其中的"the Japanese government" 被 "about adhering to the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership"介词结构作定语修饰；括号内的是对"Trans-Pacific Partnership"进行具体解释，由一个句子完成，也是主席系表结构，句子的主语是"the TPP"，系词"is"，表语"a project"，后面同样有一个"of"结构，"of free trade association"做后置修饰，"that"引导定语从句修饰"free trade association"，谓语"involves"，宾语"nine Pacific countries"，"including"现代语法更倾向解释为评注式状语，实际上也就是解释这九个太平洋国家到底有谁，由于"including"即使是非谓语动词也同样算是动词，后面的宾语就是"US"，"whose..."引导定语从句修饰"US"，定语从句主语"whose broad outlines"，谓语语态是被动态"were agreed"，"last November 12"是时间状语，"on the fringe"可看成地点状语，"of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit"作为定语修饰"fringe"，"in Hawaii"是定语修饰"summit"。

 

 

其中一个重要原因是日本政坛的不稳定（自2006年以来，首相几乎每年一换）、在重生的美国普天间空军基地迁址问题上旷日持久的纷争，以及日本政府在坚持参与《跨太平洋战略经济伙伴协定》谈判上表现出的摇摆不定（TPP是一项自由贸易联盟计划，涉及包括美国在内的9个太平洋地区国家，今年11月12日，在夏威夷举行的亚太经合组织峰会的间隙，美国提出的内容广泛的草案得到了认可）。

 

 

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