Most recently it has been the EUthat has submitted proposals to America, only to be rebuffed.

问：假如这不是强调句型，改如何理解呢？



大家先看一个强调句与that引导定语从句有什么区别：

A：Who is crying over there?

B : Itis the lecturerer who has just been fired by the college.



A1: I heard the professor has lost his job.

B1: No. It is the lecturerer who has been fired by the college.

以上二组对话中，B句中，who引导定语从句修饰the lecturerer. the lecturerer为前照应特指。B句中，it is...who...为强调句型。the lecturerer为语境特指。



网友的这个句子中，虽然状语most recently坐落于句首修饰谓语动词，it has been用目前完成时在强调句型中较为少见，但the EU为专有名词，其所指是明确无误，听说双方是共识的，无需要限制性定语，而that又不可以引导非限制性定语从句。因此，这个句子还是应该根据强调句来剖析、理解。