考研英语试题长难句分析（21）
Despite attempts by the Chuch to stop suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists，more explorations for how the universe functioned were being made at a rate that people could no longer ignore.
句子主干：more explorations were being made at a rate（主+谓+状语，被动语态）
修饰成分：despite attempts by the Chuch to stop suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists是短语作句首让步状语，其中to stop suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists表示目的；for how the universe functioned是介词短语作后置定语，修饰explorations，其中介词for 后how the universe functioned是宾语从句，that people could no longer ignore是修饰rate的定语从句，that在从句中作宾语。
本文相关词条概念解析：
修饰
修饰，拼音为xīushì，英文为decorate修改润饰，使文字生动。
介词
介词（preposition）（简写prep.）是一种表示名词、代词等与句中其他词的关系，在句中不能单独作句子成分。介词后面一般有名词代词或相当于名词的其他词类，短语或从句作它的宾语。介词和它的宾语构成介词词组，在句中作状语，表语，补语或介词宾语。介词可以分为时间介词、地点介词、方式介词、原因介词、数量介词和其他介词。
