考研英语复习：英语作为考研中的大多数同学的一个短板，一直是备考的难点，其中英语的语法，即长难句是难点中的难点，那么对于长难句我们该怎样分析呢?本文整理2021考研英语历年长难句强化冲刺练习（6）。

 

The Dutch giant Elsevier, which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the world, made profits of more than £900m last year, while UK universities alone spent more than £210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research; both figures seem to rise unstoppably despite increasingly desperate efforts to change them.

句子主干： The Dutch giant Elsevier made profits of more than £900m last year; UK universities alone spent more than £210m in 2016; both figures seem to rise unstoppably(三句话并列)。

修饰成分：which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the world, made profits of more than £900m last year定语从句，修饰Elsevier; to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research目的状语;despite increasingly desperate efforts to change them让步状语。

翻译：荷兰科学出版巨头Elsevier声称出版了全球25%的科学论文，去年利润超过9亿英镑，而仅英国的大学2016年就花费了超过2.1亿英镑以使研究者能访问他们自己的公共资助研究成果;尽管人们越来越迫切地试图改变，但这两个数字似乎还在不断上升。