【长难句】
Without the upper stage, and minus most of the fuel it had at liftoff, it weighed only a fraction of its launch weight, so it didn’t take nearly as much fuel to slow down and reverse course to head back to Cape Canaveral.
【句子拆分】
主语 it
谓语 weighed
宾语 a fraction of its launch weight
【单词解析】
【语法分析】
这句话是个并列句,第一个句子"Without the upper stage, and minus most of the fuel it had at liftoff, it weighed only a fraction of its launch weight","Without the upper stage, and minus most of the fuel"可看成是原因状语,注意"minus"在这也是介词词性,句子的主语"it",谓语"weighed",宾语"a fraction of its launch weight","so"作为连词引导一个句子表达一个结果,主语"it",谓语"didn’t take",宾语"as much fuel","to slow down"可看成目的状语,"and"起到并列连接目的状语中不定式动作的作用,也就是"slow down"和"reverse (course)";当然,"slow down"后面就没有宾语了 ,而"reverse"后面带宾语,"to head back to Cape Canaveral"可算是"to reverse course"的目的状语;注意"to head back to Cape Canaveral"第一个"to"引导动词不定式,第二个"to"是介词,后接介词宾语(名词性成份)"Cape Canaveral"。
【译文】
由于一级火箭已与二级火箭脱离, 并已消耗其升空时携带的大部分燃料, 其重量仅为发射时的一小部分,因此减缓速度、调头返回卡纳维拉尔角并不需要太多燃料。
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