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【今日长难句】
Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program” designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness.
【词汇分析】
take… a step further 采取更进一步的行动
mental sharpness 大脑的敏锐度
【语法点睛】
1.本句是简单句。
2.句子主干为 a new Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program” ,由并列连词and连接两个并列谓宾结构;第一个谓宾结构中take ... a step further是常见用法,意为“采取更进一步的行动”(结构中的it指代前文提到的科学家的研究成果);第二个谓宾结构中designed to ... mental sharpness是过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰“brain training program”,其中designed to意为“旨在”。
【整句翻译】
现在,一家新兴的网络公司采取了更进一步的行动,开发了首个“大脑训练程序”,旨在切实帮助人们改善并恢复大脑的敏锐度。