雅思基础阅读难句解析-平行结构(9)

　　雅思基础阅读难句解析-平行结构

　　9.But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.

　　结构：本句有5个谓语动词：remember/did not see/flowered/failed/was。其中remember是主句的谓语动词，被with far greater pain分隔了两个并列的宾语从句that we did not see和that we failed to。

　　本句可以拆分为：1) But we remember with far greater pain.2) That we did not see that beauty.3) When it flowered.4) That we failed to respond with love.5) When it was tendered.

　　翻译：但是我们更加痛苦地回忆着，当花儿开放时我们没有看到她的美丽，在别人给予我们爱的时候也没有用爱来做出回报。