3.Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say Im sorry youre upset; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
主干:Another method...is to say...; this suggests that...
本句是由分号间隔的两个分句构成的并列句。前一分句中,by which引导定语从句,修饰主语another method,不定式to say作表语,引号里的直接引语作say的宾语。后一分句中,that引导的从句作suggests的宾语。
译文:另外一种表面上看似乎是在道歉,而实际上并没有道歉的做法是说你感到委屈,我很抱歉,这表明,如果因为别人所做的事情而让你自己感到委屈的话,那么你多多少少是有过错的。
4.Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again.
主干:there is the apology
这句话用的是there be句型,主干部分容易理解。主语apology带了多个修饰语,包括前置修饰语general和all covering,后置修饰语是一个which引导的非限制性定语从句。在该定语从句中,介词of+动名词短语identifying...作定语,修饰the necessity;identifying的宾语a specific act后面带了两个定语从句,一个是由that引导,另一个是由which引导,这两个定语从句用and并列链接。which引导的定语从句中,主语the person也另外带有一个who引导的定语从句。
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