The people of the Netherlands, with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping, had difficulty in developing good harbors suitable for steamships:eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, with exceptional results for transit trade with Germany and central Europe and for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and raw materials (sugar, tobacco, chocolate, grain, andeventually oil). (TPO18, 59)

　　mercantile /'mɜːk(ə)ntaɪl/ adj. 貿(mào)易的，商業(yè)的

　　exceptional /ɪk'sɛpʃənl/ adj. 異常的，杰出的，突出的

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　　The people of the Netherlands, (with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping),had difficulty (in developing good harbors suitable for steamships): eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, (with exceptional results) (for transit trade with Germanyand central Europe) and (for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and rawmaterials) (sugar,tobacco, chocolate, grain, and eventually oil). (TPO18, 59)

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　　修飾一：(with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping) ，介詞短語，修飾The people of the Netherlands

　　中文：有著長期漁業(yè)和商業(yè)海運傳統(tǒng)

　　修飾二：(in developing good harbors suitable for steamships) ，介詞短語

　　中文：在發(fā)展適合蒸汽船的好港口

　　修飾三：(with exceptional results) ，介詞短語

　　中文：有杰出的成果