《红宝书》考研英语词汇
每日一句
People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere”.
词汇突破
array [əˈreɪ]
n. 数组，阵列；排列，列阵；大批，一系列；衣服
vt. 排列，部署；打扮
elegant [ˈelɪɡənt]
adj. 高雅的，优雅的；讲究的；简炼的；简洁的
结构分析
本句主干为 People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption”。that 引导定语从句修饰 department stores，其中 vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere 是 offered 的宾语。launched by 引导的过去分词短语作定语，修饰 “a culture of consumption”。
参考译文
人们被一种“消费文化”所吸引，这种文化是由19世纪的百货商店发起的，商店“在优雅的氛围中提供大量的商品”。
