历年考研英语经典长难句(17）

Attempts have been made to curb this tendency, for example, by trying to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant’s papers. (2019年英语一翻译)

【题目考点】状语结构; 被动语态;

【句子结构】本句主干为：Attempts have been made to curb this tendency;

l 状语结构

by 引导的是一个方式状语，该结构内核心搭配是 incorporate A into B 结构。

l 被动语态

Attempts have been made to curb this tendency. 被动语态结构构成: Be +过去分词;该句为现在完成时态的被动语态即：have/has + been + 过去分词

【重点词汇】

【参考译文】人们已经努力去控制这一趋势，例如，试图通过将某种对论文质量和数量的衡量纳入到申请人论文的评估中。