公共考研英语复合句精读33

原文：They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect’s purse.

词汇解析：

1. discard [transitive] (formal) to get rid of something that you no longer want or need 丢弃；抛弃

• discard somebody/something The room was littered with discarded newspapers. 房间里到处是乱扔的报纸。

2. lame a. (of an excuse, explanation, etc. 借口、解释等) weak and difficult to believe 站不住脚的；无说服力的

synonym feeble, unconvincing

• Stephen made some lame excuse. 斯蒂芬找了些不好的借口。

3. argument [countable] a reason or set of reasons that somebody uses to show that something is true or correct 论据；理由；论点

• argument that… The judge rejected the defence argument that the evidence was too old to be relevant. 法官驳回了辩护方的论点，即证据过时而无用。

4. storehouse n. storehouse of information, knowledge, etc. a place or thing that has or contains a lot of information（信息或知识等的）宝库

• This book is a storehouse of useful information. 本书载有大量有用的信息。

5. say [transitive, no passive] to suggest or give something as an example or a possibility比方说；假设

• Let’s take any writer, say (= for example) Dickens… 我们随便举一个作家为例，比如说狄更斯…

6. suspect n. a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done something wrong 嫌疑犯；嫌疑分子；可疑对象

• He is the prime suspect in the case. 他是这个案子的首要嫌疑人。

7. purse [countable] (especially British English) a small bag made of leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards, etc., used especially by women 钱包，皮夹子（尤指女用的）

• I took a coin out of my purse and gave it to the child. 我从钱包取出一枚硬币给那个小孩。

背景简介：美利坚合众国宪法第四条修正案（英语：Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution）是美国权利法案的一部分，旨在禁止无理搜查和扣押，并要求搜查和扣押状的发出有相当理由的支持。（来源：维基百科）

语法解析：

1. that引导同位语从句，用于解释说明前文中的argument。

2. 同位语从句的完整内容是exploring the contents of a smartphone is similar to going through a suspect’s purse。

3. say在这里表列举。

4. 破折号的作用依然是解释说明前文中的smartphone。