考研英語長難句的練習及解析

The comments attributed to Jobs are perhaps no great surprise, not least because Apple is currently pursuing a number of lawsuits against smartphone makers who have opted to use Android—main market rival Samsung being the most notable target.

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句子主幹是The comments attributed to Jobs are perhaps no great surprise，attributed to Jobs(理解難點)為過去分詞短語做定語修飾The comments。Not least because引導原因狀語從句，往後引導定語從句，修飾makers, main market rival Samsung being the most notable target為獨立主格結構。

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這些被認為是喬布斯所發表的評論或許並不十分令人意外，尤其是因為蘋果正在針對選擇使用安卓系統的那些智能手機制造商發起多項訴訟，其主要的市場競爭對手三星是最顯著的被打擊對象。