2018考研英语常见语法长难句解析（16）

 　The honours system looked stained long before this weekend's leak of David Cameron's nominations for his resignation awards. Questions about such decorations are age-old: no recent case has matched the scandals of David Lloyd George's era, when their sale was blatant. But they recur almost every time a list is published.

　　长难句解析：

　　1.The honours system looked stained long before this weekend's leak of David Cameron's nominations for his resignation awards.

　　参考译文：授勋制度在本周末大卫•卡梅伦的辞职提名泄漏的很久以前就看起来污点重重。

　　2.Questions about such decorations are age-old: no recent case has matched the scandals of David Lloyd George's era, when their sale was blatant.

　　参考译文：关于这种嘉奖的疑问由来已久：近来没有任何一例可以超过大卫•劳埃德•乔治时代的丑闻，那时他们公然出售头衔。

　　3.But they recur almost every time a list is published.

　　参考译文：但几乎每次发布名单时疑问就会重新出现。

　　所以从stained这个单词我们就能看出文章对于授勋系统的态度是负面的。