公共考研英语复合句精读32

原文：There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically. 

词汇解析：

1. from within: by the people who belong to an organization and not by people from outside it 从内部

• If things are to change, the company must be reformed from within. 如果要改变现状的话，这家公司必须从内部进行改革。

2. insist [intransitive, transitive] to state clearly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you 坚持说；固执己见

• insist (that)… He insisted (that) he was innocent. 他坚持说他是无辜的。

3. isolate vt. to separate somebody/something physically or socially from other people or things（使）隔离，孤立，脱离

• isolate somebody/yourself/something Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4. serve [transitive, intransitive] serve (somebody) (especially British English) to help a customer or sell them something in a shop 接待；服务

• Are you being served? 有人接待您吗？

5. ethical a. morally correct or acceptable 合乎道德的

• it is ethical to do something Is it ethical to keep animals in zoos? 在动物园饲养动物是否合乎道德？

翻译要点：

1. 短语from within，within是副词，意为“在内部”。

2. opponents of change指的是反对律师行业进行改革的人或团体。

3. keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers一句，主语是keeping，谓语是isolates，宾语是lawyers，from做状语。

4. isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically，直译是“让律师远离赚钱压力，而非是（远离）服务客户的压力”，即律师无需为赚钱而分心，并非意味着律师就可以逃避责任，违反契约精神。