enlist理解 The latest

问题描述

The latest was a panel from the National Academy of sciences,enlisted by the White House,to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.

这个句子中的enlist是什么意思？如何理解呢，求解

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The latest was a panel from the National Academy of sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.

【分析】

panel：(选定的)专门小组；就重大问题进行讨论的小组；评判小组。

enlist：及物动词，“召集；赞助；支持”。在本句中，使用了过去分词，意为“由......召集的”。 enlisted by the White House过去分词短语作定语，相当于非限制性定语从句。

the latest：最高级，后面省略了有关的词语，可能指“最近的一次活动”。

to tell us that...动词不定式短语：作定语修饰a panel，也可理解为作状语修饰enlisted。