2018考研英语常见语法长难句解析（29）

 　Theresa May knew from the moment she became prime minister last month that Brexit would be her biggest test. Nobody has ever before tried to disentangle a large and sophisticated economy like Britain's from as intricate and regulated a body as the European Union, after it has been a member for 43 years. Before the June referendum, David Cameron's government noted that Brexit would be the start, not the end, of a process and warned that it could last up to a decade.

　　长难句解析：

　　Theresa May knew from the moment she became prime minister last month that Brexit would be her biggest test.

　　上个月特蕾莎•梅成为总理的那一刻，她就明白退欧将是最大的考验。

　　Nobody has ever before tried to disentangle a large and sophisticated economy like Britain's from as intricate and regulated a body as the European Union, after it has been a member for 43 years.

　　没有人曾经试图将一个和英国一样庞大而复杂的经济体从和欧盟一样错综复杂的受监管机构分解开来，尤其是在英国已经成为其成员国43年后。

　　Before the June referendum, David Cameron's government noted that Brexit would be the start, not the end, of a process and warned that it could last up to a decade.

　　在6月的全民公投前, 大卫•卡梅伦政府提到退欧将是一个进程的开始，而不是结束，并警告说这个进程可能会持续十多年。