專(zhuān)四100條閱讀難句：sentence 15

　　Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say "I’m sorry you’re upset"; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done. (06.1 Passage 2)

　　主干：Another method...is to say...; this suggests that...

　　本句是由分號(hào)間隔的兩個(gè)分句構(gòu)成的并列句。前一分句中，by which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾主語(yǔ)another method，不定式to say作表語(yǔ)，引號(hào)里的直接引語(yǔ)作say的賓語(yǔ)。后一分句中，that引導(dǎo)的從句作suggests的賓語(yǔ)。

　　譯文：另外一種表面上看似乎是在道歉，而實(shí)際上并沒(méi)有道歉的做法是說(shuō)“你感到委屈，我很抱歉”，這表明，如果因?yàn)閯e人所做的事情而讓你自己感到委屈的話，那么你多多少少是有過(guò)錯(cuò)的。