"Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite," these were stores "anyonecould enter, regardless of class or background."
【分析】复合句。句子主干为 these were stores。介词结构 Instead of...作状语,其中 catering to...作的后置定语;anyone could...又是省略引导词的定语从句修饰 stores。
【译文】与那些只满足有品位的精英人士需求的精品店铺不同,这些商店无论阶层背景,人人皆可踏足期间。
【点拨】1)intimate 常用意为“亲密的,密切的”,本句中意为“精致的,优雅的”。此外,intimate 还可以用作名词,意为“至交,密友”;作动词意为“透漏;示意”。2)cater to“迎合;供应伙食”。