Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

🌳劈树：本句含有三个谓语动词，“tend to be drawn up”，“lose”，“plough through”，可以切分为三个分句。

第一分句：Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically；

第二分句：and their recipients lose interest；

第三分句：as they plough through them；

🍀造竹：第一分句同第二分句并列为主句；第三分句为“as”引导的时间状语从句。

各分句中难词（词组）及在句中的含义：

Shortlist （候选名单）

interview （面试）

election （选举）

ballot （投票）

conference speaker （会议发言人）

attendee （会议出席者）

draw up （草拟）

alphabetically （按字母表顺序排列）

recipient （接受者）

plough through （努力地完成）

分句详解

第一分句：Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically；

主语：Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all

谓语：tend to be drawn up

状语：alphabetically

“Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees”中三组名词并列作主语；

“Shortlists for job interviews”的含义为“工作面试候选名单”；

“election ballot papers”的含义为“竞选投票表”；

“lists of conference speakers and attendees”的含义为“会议发言人名单与参会人员名单”；

“all”指代冒号前的内容；

🍁第一分句翻译为：工作面试候选名单，竞选投票表，会议发言人名单与参会人员名单：全部以字母表顺序排列草拟；

第二分句：and their recipients lose interest；

主语：their recipients

谓语：lose

宾语：interest

“their recipients”的含义为“这些名单的持有人；持有名单的人”；

🍁第二分句翻译为：持有名单的人失去兴趣；

第三分句：as they plough through them；

主语：they

谓语：plough through

宾语：them

“they”指“their recipients”

“them”指“名单”；

🍁第三分句翻译为：随着他们（持有名单的人）努力完成名单（的工作）；

🍭原文回顾： Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

🌻全句翻译为：工作面试候选名单，竞选投票表，会议发言人名单与参会人员名单：全部以字母表顺序排列草拟，随着持有名单的人努力完成名单（的工作），他们（渐渐）失去兴趣。

🐯句式结构考点：名词词组并列作主语；并列句；时间状语从句；

🐌难度级别：🐷🐷🐷🐷

🐝短语背诵：

Shortlists for job interviews

election ballot papers

lists of conference speakers and attendees

tend to be

draw up

lose interest

plough through