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Politicians have repeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals.keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.
词汇分析:
1.modest:作形容词,些许的;不太大(或太贵、太重要等)的;谦虚的;谦逊的。Research has proved that modest aerobic exercise at least 3 times a week improves the quality of sleep.(研究证实,每周至少进行三次适度有氧运动有利良好的睡眠);In the course of counseling hundreds of executives in transition,Seidel is often stuck by how modest they are.(在为数百位寻求转型的高管提供咨询的过程中,他们的谦逊给赛德尔留下了深刻的印象)。
2.generous:作形容词,慷慨的;大方的;慷慨给予的;丰富的。It was generous of him to pay for the meal for us.(他为我们付了饭钱,真是大方);I met with my 55-year-old cousin,and he was generous enough to share with me a variety of perspectives gleaned from the web.(见到55岁的表亲后,他很慷慨的跟我分享了从网络上收集的繁多资料)。

句式分析:
本句中的…”keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holiday and especially pensions that are already generous.”是一个现在分词短语,在句中作伴随状语,其中“that are already generous”是一个定语从句,在现在分词中充当定语,限定修饰其前面的pension.
译文:
政客反复地“提高”公立部门的薪水待遇,保持工资增长的适度,但是增加了假日,特别是增加了已经丰厚的津贴。