一个LSAT里的长难句

HardyNiborUID: 3461489

Pg85,line 45-51

If most Victorians resisted state control and expended their resource on private,voluntary philanthropies,it could only be,the arguement goes,because of their commitment to a vested interest,or because the administrative apparatus of the state was incapable of coping with the economic and social needs of the time.

apparatus 的意思比较抽象，大概可以理解成是一堆物质或者一个过程

voluntary 前面的都可以理解，之后咋回事啊，太乱了

谢过

希望中的玫瑰UID: 2909568

there exist two possible reasons that V resisted state control and expended their resource on private, voluntary philanthropies: one is their commitment to a vested interest; the other one is that the administrative apparatus( can be construed as tools) of the state was incapable of coping with economic and social needs of the time.

Calcifer.wuieUID: 3163422

看起来，”the argument goes“是主句；”it could be only be“是从句，修饰前面的"private , voluntary philanthropies"。
求高人指点

chssianUID: 3428618

如果大部分的 V 拒绝政府干预，并且将他们的资源花在个人自愿的慈善事业中，那么只可能是因为他们对既得利益的承诺（就是类似于你赚大钱了就带着大家致富，服务大众），或是因为政府的管理机构无法处理经济和社会当时的需求

chssianUID: 3428618

If most Victorians resisted state control and expended their resource on (private,voluntary philanthropies),

it could only be,the arguement goes,because of their commitment to a vested interest,
or because (the administrative apparatus of the state) was incapable of coping with( the economic and social needs of the time).

Leon-WangUID: 2772364

Let me have a try:

如果多数Victorians抵制国家对他们的控制并且将他们的资源花费在私人的自愿的慈善事业上，那么可能的解释是：①因为他们有一个穿着外衣的利益（我的理解是他们为慈善其实并不是只是慈善，还有其他的利益或者目的）（the argument goes，所以上下文应该也可以找到）；②因为国家的行政机构太无能了，没有办法处理当时的经济和社会需要，（所以他们去搞私人慈善）。

HardyNiborUID: 3461489

Calcifer.wuie 发表于 2013-9-2 22:10
看起来，”the argument goes“是主句；”it could be only be“是从句，修饰前面的"private , voluntary p ...

好像不对吧，argument那个怎么看都像插入

HardyNiborUID: 3461489

好像楼上两位都是正解，如果这样的话，那么原因必然是二者之一，argument是插入