Roughly, this is the syntax: 9 h0 ]8 V/ ?9 V7 e3 [! [
% ^( ]# b5 t9 }& M5 k" GSubject: Tom Clancy 0 |- @! C' N' m. ~! h, l ' y" j4 g& ^$ j% N3 `Verb: was best known for 1 J) f2 @3 _4 }# q " D4 m' g6 [. L/ k" u& ]- i. V' M0 fObject: his hit spy and military-themed thrillers set . D. ?+ u5 C {4 B& ]0 m U @& I5 H" W$ G
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这个句子这么重要么? (Tom Clancy) (was best known)( for his hit spy and military-themed thrillers) (set during and after the Cold War.) 9 A& F9 d& q! u5 g* l6 d; H2 @0 C% T
算是总结前面几楼的理解:5 m1 ?5 O- c1 A2 D0 U. c- {& ^
1) hit, noun, informal for widely appealing+ |3 ^+ U {7 J% f/ x
2) set, verb (in the form of past participle). Here it means the settings of those thrillers are Cold War.1 V/ o/ t4 e0 u
\+ v: s6 \% K1 T6 ?If not for a serious advanced test, you do not have to accurately understand every word or phrase and its background information. $ P M7 F1 Q7 \8 @
the key word here is the word "hit". it should be "hits" (plural) and the word "on" should also be used after hits. the plural is required because the word "thrillers" (plural) was used later on in the sentence. alternatively, to use the word "hit on", the word "thrillers" will then need to be changed to "thriller". both are acceptable but the first scenario is more correct because we all know Tom Clancy has more than 1 "thrillers".