However, this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg as smart buildings and even cities increasingly become the norm as leaders and business owners begin to wake up to the massive savings that technology can deliver through connected sensors and new forms of automation coupled with intelligent energy and facilities management.
【句子拆分】
主語 this
【單詞解析】
單詞
norm
音標(biāo)
[n?:rm]
中文詞意
n. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn),規(guī)范
【語法分析】
這句話是一個(gè)主系表句型,主語是"this",系動(dòng)詞"is","just...iceberg"是賓語。"as...norm"是第一個(gè)狀語從句,"as...management"是第二個(gè)狀語從句,其中還包含一個(gè)定語從句"that technology can deliver",從句中"through..."是狀語
這句話確實(shí)很不好辨別,但是主干非常容易,就是"this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg"。這兩個(gè)"as"引導(dǎo)的從句都可以翻成“由于”或“隨著”,注意第二個(gè)狀語從句中的定語從句,是用來修飾"the massive savings",定語從句中"through connected..."是方式狀語,體現(xiàn)通過什么具體手段來實(shí)現(xiàn)。