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7.Countries weakened by extreme poverty are more likely to fail chaos.
9.The U.S. senate is a chamber split in two--two parties and two
ideologies. SPLIT在這是分詞?為什麼不是用SPLITTING?
10.Getting fired during your peak earning years has always been scary.

以上句子可否幫我翻譯成中文嗎?謝謝您.

[美星 Amstarcreative]

7. Countries weakened by extreme poverty are more likely to fail
chaos.
那些被極度貧窮削弱的國家都更有可能淪為動亂。

9. The U.S. senate is a chamber split in two - two parties and two
ideologies.
SPLIT在這是分詞?為什麼不是用SPLITTING?
(a) split的現在式、過去式和過去分詞都是同型。本句的split是過去分詞。過去分詞有完成或被動的性質(見p.140)
(b) 按句子的意思應該是要用過去分詞split：
美國參議院是一個已經被分為二個的議院 - 2個黨和2個意識形態。

10. Getting fired during your peak earning years has always been
scary.
在你收入最高的年紀時被解雇到現在一直都會是(感到)恐怖的。
(a) 本句的fired和上一句split是同樣的文法。
(b) 順便說明Getting fired during your peak earning years是動名詞片語，當作句子的主詞，所以本句
的現在完成式是用has been而不是have been(見p.152)