Yet, when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless, it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles, those gardens speak of various other fundamental urges, beyond that of decoration and creative expression.
状语
Yet, when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless,
主语
it
谓语
strikes
宾语
one that,
主语
those gardens speak of various other fundamental urges,
状语
beyond that of decoration and creative expression.
2.先看when从句,one是主语,在这里是不定代词,可译成“人们”。谓语部分是“looks at” 表示看的过程。名词短语the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless充当宾语。这个名词短语结构都是就近修饰前半句的意思就是“然而,只要看看无家可归者创造的花园的照片时”。
3.再看主句部分,strike有“打击”。但此处的strike是想表达看这些照片时内心的感觉,意思是“突然想到,意识到”。for all their diversity of styles是插入成分,分隔了连词that与these gardens…。
4.that从句中内容:those gardens是主语,speak of是谓语部分,本义是“说到,提及”,但由于主语是these gardens,它们无法开口说,所以根据语境可以将其译成“显示了”。较后还有状语部分beyond that of decoration and creative expression。首先是对介词beyond的理解。beyond在这里的意思相当于apart from,可译成“除了……之外。其次要了解that的指代。that指urge,该句相当于beyond the urge of decoration and creative expression。