《红宝书》考研英语词汇
每日一句
Even the very phrase “jobseeker’s allowance” is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no fundamental right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions.
词汇突破
redefine [ˌriːdɪˈfaɪn]
vt. 重新定义
allowance [əˈlaʊəns]
n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额
vt. 定量供应
结构分析
本句主干是 Even the very phrase “jobseeker’s allowance” is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker”。 而 who had no fundamental right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions 为定语从句，修饰先行词 a“jobseeker”，其中 he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions 为嵌套定语从句，修饰先行词 a benefit。
参考译文
甚至连“求职者津贴”一词都是将失业者重新定义为“求职者”，他们没有通过缴纳国民保险税获得福利的基本权利。
