复杂的非谓语动词的理解 例295

例295　The "shareholders" as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which he held shares, and his influence on the relations of capital and labor was not good.

【结构分析】这句话是个典型的并列句，第一个并列句的主干是The "shareholders" as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the workmen，后面加上了分词定语修饰前面的the workmen，也就是employed by the company，后面再加上定语从句in which he held shares，修饰前面的the company，第二个并列句的主干是his influence was not good，其中on the relations of capital and labor是个介词短语，修饰主语his influence。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于第一个并列句子里面是分词定语套上定语从句的结构，多重定语的累加，感觉句子很丰满。

【核心词汇】

the "shareholders"　这样的“股东”

had no knowledge of　一无所知

the relations of capital and labor　劳资双方的关系

【参考译文】这样的“股东”对他拥有股份的公司所雇用的工人们的生活、思想和需求一无所知，而且他们对劳资双方的关系都不会产生积极的影响。