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It was within the computer age that the term information society began to be widely used to describe the context winthin we now live.
核心詞匯:term 術(shù)語(yǔ);條件;期限 describe 描述,描繪 context 環(huán)境;上下文
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結(jié)構(gòu)剖析:
本句是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句It was within the computer age that ... ,within the computer age 是被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分;在that 引導(dǎo)的從句中,句末的within which we now live 為定語(yǔ)從句,修飾先行詞context ,其中介詞within 屬于提前,這種結(jié)構(gòu)可以還原which we now live within .
參考譯文:
正是在計(jì)算機(jī)時(shí)代,信息社會(huì)這個(gè)詞才開(kāi)始被廣泛用于描述我們現(xiàn)在的生活環(huán)境 。