Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.
【例句解析】本句中有一个before引出的时间状语Even before the invention of the electric light bulb,注意这不是一个从句,只是一个时间状语;句子的主干为the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction,speculative fiction后边跟上一个that 引导的定语从句用来修饰限定前边的名词;在定语从句中,that充当从句的主语,从句的谓语是foreshadow,从句的宾语是many ethical questions,后边to be raised by technologies是后置定语,用来修饰限定many ethical questions,technologies后边跟上自己的后置定语yet to come.
单词注释:speculative fiction:推理小说;foreshadow:预示;
【例句翻译】甚至早在电灯泡发明之前,这位作家就创作出了一部非凡的推理小说,该小说预示了即将到来的技术所引起的伦理问题。