10 years in Hong Kong

I often tell overseas friends that Hong Kong is like a diva who¹ gets a makeover every few years. In the past decade alone², the city has gone through several rounds of transformation that rendered³ postcards and guidebooks instantly obsolete each time.   (取自As I see it 部落格文章)

我常常告訴海外友人，香港就像是女明星，每隔幾年就換新面孔。光是過去十年，香港就已歷經了好幾次的改變。而這些改變讓明信片和旅遊導覽書籍每次都很快被淘汰。

文法解析:

¼a diva who¹ gets a makeover every few years.

關係代名詞的功能是將先行詞作後位修飾，敘述先行詞之狀況。先行詞為【人】(diva) 關代用who，先行詞為【事務】關代用which。而that 可修飾兩者。

 In the past decade alone², the city has gone through¼

alone 副詞意思為[單獨/僅/只有]，修飾前面的片語過去十年(In the past decade)

¼transformation that rendered³ postcards and guidebooks instantly obsolete each time.

render =make=cause 使得/造成

render用法也如同使役動詞: make+受詞+形容詞 (使 .../ 變得 ... )

例: Rainy days always make me sad. (雨天讓我覺得不快樂)

Don’t make the problem worse than it is. (別把問題弄得比現在更糟)

Render ¼ instantly obsolete each time.

           Ca. v.                             adj. 

makeover  n. 指的是透過整容或美容使自己變得更漂亮或英俊

make over  phr. 翻新, 修改 轉讓

Henry has made over the whole business to his son. 亨利已經把全部生意轉交給她的兒子。

You can't make over a personality in one day. 一個人的個性不是一朝一夕所能改變的。

go through 通過; 經歷

I.           (指法律、法案等)被正式通過或接受 As soon as my divorce goes through, we'll get married.

 一旦我的離婚申請獲准, 我們就結婚。

II.        討論   Let's go through the argument again. 讓我們再來討論一下這一論點。

III.     舉行   They went through the marriage service. 他們舉行了婚禮。