考研英语长难句｜Day22

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今日长难句

It has become clear that Mr. Zuckerberg is betting the firm on the metaverse, an attempt to diversify away from social media, on which he plans to lavish 20 times what Apple spent to build the first iPhone.

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词汇解析

bet [bet] v. 打赌，押在......上

metaverse 元宇宙（是人类运用数字技术构建的，由现实世界映射或超越现实世界，可与现实世界交互的虚拟世界，具备新型社会体系的数字生活空间。）

attempt [əˈtempt] n. 尝试，努力

diversify [daɪˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ] v. 使......多样化

lavish [ˈlævɪʃ] v. 慷慨（或过度）给予

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结构分析

✔句子主干：

It has become clear that...

✔形式主语句：

Mr. Zuckerberg is betting the firm on the metaverse

✔同位语：

an attempt

✔定语：

to diversify away from social media

✔定语从句：

on which he plans to lavish 20 times what Apple spent to build the first iPhone

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参考译文

It has become clear that Mr. Zuckerberg is betting the firm on the metaverse, an attempt to diversify away from social media, on which he plans to lavish 20 times what Apple spent to build the first iPhone.

显然，扎克伯格将公司的成败押在了元宇宙上，试图从单纯聚焦社交媒体走向多元化发展，为此他不惜血本，计划投入20倍于苹果生产第一款iPhone所耗的资金。