《红宝书》考研英语词汇
每日一句
Meanwhile, many settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New World for religion.
词汇突破
clergyman [ˈklɜːdʒimən]
n. 牧师；教士
clergy [ˈklɜːdʒi]
n.（总称）神职人员
mock [mɒk]
v. 嘲笑，（通过模仿）嘲弄；不尊重，蔑视；使显得可笑
adj. 虚假的，不诚实的；模拟的，仿制的
n. （非正式）英国模拟考试；笑柄；嘲笑；模仿，仿造（品）
adv. 虚假地，不诚实地
mocking [ˈmɒkɪŋ]
adj. 嘲弄的；嘲讽的
结构分析
句子主干是 many settlers had slighter religious commitments。as one clergyman... 是非限定性定语从句，修饰主句；who mocked that... 是定语从句，修饰 folk；they had not come to the New World for religion 是 mocked 的宾语从句。
参考译文
与此同时，许多定居者的宗教信仰比戴恩的要少，正如一位牧师在沿海地区遇到一些人时所了解到的，这些人嘲笑他们来到新大陆不是为了宗教。
