167【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2018英二T4

每日长难句 167

原句：

"Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; / it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body…/ [idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done," / he argues.

【2018 英语二 Text4】

生词：

idleness n. 闲散，空闲，懒惰

indulgence n. 享受；沉溺，放纵

vice n. 恶习，缺点

indispensable adj. 必不可少的，必需的

paradoxically adv. 自相矛盾地

分析：

📝找谓语动词：

"Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body…[idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done," he argues.

📝断开长难句：

①Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice

②it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body…

③[idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done

④he argues

📝主句：

he argues

📝as…as… (“和……相比一样……”)

it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body…

它对于大脑就像维他命D对于身体一样必不可少……

译文：

“闲散不仅仅是一次假期、一种享受或一个恶习；它对于大脑就像维他命D对于身体一样必不可少……矛盾的是，闲散对于完成任何工作都是必需的”，他提出。