考研英语：同位语从句句型结构分析

常见先行词：
　　belief , fact , hope , idea , doubt , news , rumor , conclusion , evidence ,suggestion , problem , order , answer , decision , discovery , explanation , information , knowledge , law , opinion , truth , promise , report , thought , statement , rule , possibility .

　二、真题举例
　　例句1：Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them . (2010,46)
　　【重点词汇解析】distinctly，adv. 明显地;eat up 吃光、耗尽
　　【参考翻译】科学家急忙用一些明显站不住脚的证据去营救，证据内容是如果鸟类不能控制昆虫的话，他们会把我们吃光。

　例句3：Generally there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states , large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a common set of laws .
　　【重点词汇解析】sovereign，n. 君主、独立国 adj. 有主权的;viable，adj. 可行的;integrate，v. (使……)成整体 adj. 整合的
【参考翻译】他们普遍认为新生的国家是拥有主权和完全独立的国家，大到经济上可运行良好，并由一套共同法律让各个新的独立国家联合起来。