《红宝书》考研英语词汇
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 每日一句meanwhile, many settlers had slighter religious commitments than dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the c

oast who mocked that they had not come to the new world for religion.
词汇突破
clergyman [?kl??d?im?n]n. 牧师；教士clergy [?kl??d?i]n.（总称）神职人员mock [m?k]v. 嘲笑，（通过模仿）嘲弄；不尊重，蔑视；使显得可笑adj. 虚假的，不诚实的；模拟的，仿制的n. （非正式）英国模拟考试；笑柄；嘲笑；模仿，仿造（品）adv. 虚假地，不诚实地mocking [?m?k??]adj. 嘲弄的；嘲讽的结构分析
句子主干是 many settlers had slighter religious commitments。as one clergyman… 是非限定性定语从句，修饰主句；who mocked that… 是定语从句，修饰 folk；they had not come to the new world for religion 是 mocked 的宾语从句。参考译文
与此同时，许多定居者的宗教信仰比戴恩的要少，正如一位牧师在沿海地区遇到一些人时所了解到的，这些人嘲笑他们来到新大陆不是为了宗教。