求教：难句 2772-P81(XDF补充段子22的18）

zcx · 发表于 2004-3-14 09:03:00

该文章的第一段偶始终没看懂，主要是有两个句子（红色部分），请赐教。

For over 300 years, one of the most enduring beliefs among historians of England has been that the character of English society has been shaped by the unique openness of its ruling elite to entry by self-made entrepreneurs (especially newly wealthy merchants) able to buy their way into the ranks of elite society. This upward mobility ， historians have argued, allowed England to escape the clash between those with social/political power and those with economic power, a conflict that beset the rest of Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Upward mobility was also used to explain England’s exceptional stability since the late seventeenth century (no revolutions, for example), as well as such major events as the development of the most efficient agricultural system in Europe, the making of the first industrial revolution, and the onset of severe economic decline.

1、第一句的to entry by...... 看不懂

2、第二句such major events 是指什么？

谢谢！

smm969672 · 发表于 2004-3-14 18:44:00

1.openness (of its ruling elite) to entry by self-made entrepreneurs .统治精英向白手起家的企业家开放入口，able为形容词，有能力，able to....修饰entrepreneurs.

2.such as为固定结构，as....为major events的内容。

zcx · 发表于 2004-3-14 21:51:00

第二句经你一提，才发现有这么个结构，当时是看昏头了。但是第一句我总觉得to entry

后面是by sb.看上去很别扭，从句子结构看entry 应该是名词，那应该用for更合适些，如果是by, 则理解entry是动词，那也应该是done by sb的结构，这又与to矛盾（无论to理解为不定式还是介词），你说呢？

smm969672 · 发表于 2004-3-15 08:48:00

entry by引导entry的主体是很常见的。

如：

The entry by China into the World Trade Organization represents a firm commitment by China's top political leaders to subordinate their internal regime to the "black and white" system。

zcx · 发表于 2004-3-15 22:34:00

杨大侠：不知你的进度如何，想向你请教一篇文章，如果你方便，请看看补充段子22篇里的第19篇，是关于comparable worth的一篇文章，我始终不能把文章的逻辑结构理出来，懂倒是看得懂，但不知道段落之前的必然联系，请赐教。

求教：难句 2772-P81(XDF补充段子22的18）