《红宝书》考研英语词汇
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Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.
词汇突破
curb [kɜːb]
n. 抑制;路边;勒马绳
vt. 控制;勒住
about-face
n. (思想、态度、行为等)彻底改变;向后转(同 about-turn)
v. 向后转(同 about-turn)
pool [puːl]
n. 联营;撞球;水塘;共同资金
vi. 联营,合伙经营
vt. 合伙经营
mutual-fund assets
共同投资资产
mutual [ˈmjuːtʃuəl]
adj. 相互的,彼此的
fund [fʌnd]
n. 基金,专款;资金,钱款;基金会
asset [ˈæset]
n. 有利条件,有价值的人或物;资产,财产
结构分析
本句的主干结构是 Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face。because 引导原因状语从句,在该从句中,出现了强调句型 it was ... that ...,其中 approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets 是分词作伴随状语。
参考译文
对商业方法专利申请的限制将是一个戏剧性的转变,因为正是联邦巡回法院在1998年对所谓的道富银行案的判决中引入了这类专利,批准了一项汇集共同基金资产的专利。