每日長(zhǎng)難句 182

原句：

But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the United States trade representative opening an investigation into / whether the tax discriminates against American companies, / which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.

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生詞：

spark v. 引發(fā)，觸發(fā)；產(chǎn)生火花（電火花）；點(diǎn)燃；

significant adj. 重要的，意義重大的

representative n. 代表

open an investigation into… 開(kāi)展調(diào)查…

discriminate v. 歧視

in turn 反過(guò)來(lái)；輪流

lead to sth. 導(dǎo)致，引起

trade sanctions against… 對(duì)……貿(mào)易制裁

sanction n. 制裁

分析：

??找謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞

But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the United States trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies, which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.

??斷開(kāi)長(zhǎng)難句

①主句：But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the United States trade representative opening an investigation into

②賓語(yǔ)從句：whether the tax discriminates against American companies

③定語(yǔ)從句：which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France

??獨(dú)立主格

with+ n. +非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞

with the United States trade representative opening an investigation into

譯文：

但是它（法案）已經(jīng)引起重大爭(zhēng)議，美國(guó)貿(mào)易代表開(kāi)始調(diào)查這項(xiàng)稅法是否歧視美國(guó)企業(yè)，反過(guò)來(lái)可能導(dǎo)致美國(guó)對(duì)法國(guó)實(shí)施貿(mào)易制裁。