《红宝书》考研英语词汇
每日一句
Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the “Hawthorne effect," the extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior.
词汇突破
influential [ˌɪnfluˈenʃl]
adj. 有影响的；有势力的
n. 有影响力的人物
结构分析
本句的主干结构是 the studies ended up giving their name to the “Hawthorne effect”。Instead 位于句首，表示转折。the extremely influential idea 是 Hawthorne effect 的同位语。that the very... behavior 是 idea 的同位语从句，解释说明其内容。
参考译文
相反，这些研究最终以“霍桑效应”(Hawthorne effect)命名。霍桑效应是一种极具影响力的观点，认为被实验的行为本身会改变受试者的行为。
