Even before the tragedy, Pfingst had stood behind the controversial California law that mandates treating murder suspects as young as 14 as adults.

　　結(jié)構(gòu)分析：Even before the tragedy是本句的時間狀語;主句是Pfingst had stood behind…;that 引導(dǎo)的賓語從句修飾law;在從句中，as…as是一詞組，意思是“和…一樣”;出現(xiàn)的第三個as是介詞，和treat搭配，意思是“作為”。

　　譯文：在這場悲劇發(fā)生之前，Pfingst就已經(jīng)開始支持加利福尼亞州的一項有爭議的法規(guī)。該法規(guī)規(guī)定，以成人身份受審的謀殺嫌疑犯的年齡，最小可以為十四歲。