每日考研英语长难句 | 20180611

◆Sentence◆

One of these urges had to do with creating a state of peace in the midst of turbulence, a “still point of the turning world,” to borrow a phrase from T. S. Eliot.

   ◆句式结构分析◆ 

1. 句子主干为主谓宾结构，即：One of these urges/ had to do with/ creating a state of peace, 其中have to do with 为固定搭配，表“与……相关”。

2.

 in the midst of turbulence 为地点状语；a “still point of the turning world,” 为a state of peace in the midst of turbulence 的同位语；to borrow a phrase from T. S. Eliot.

                             ◆词汇分析◆

urge

 / ə:dʒ/ n. 强烈的欲望，诉求，冲动

in the midst of …

 在……之中

turbulence

 / ˈtə:bjələns/ n. 动乱；动荡；混乱

phrase

 / freiz / n. 表达，措辞

◆参考翻译◆

这些诉求之一与在动荡中创造一种平和的状态相关，借用T. S. Eliot的话来说，就是“旋转世界中的静止点”。