词组用法解析：Ofallsubjectsonthisplanet,Ithinkthey全句：Ofallsubjectsonthisplanet,IthinktheywouldhavebeenhardputtonameonelessusefulthanGreekmythologywhenitcametosecuringthekeystoanexecutivebathroom.Ofa

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词组用法解析：Of all subjects on this planet,I think they
全句：Of all subjects on this planet,I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

Of all subjects on this planet,这是什么东西,为什么这样表达?
they would have been hard put to name one,这也不理解.
意思是：我想，在全世界的所有专业中，他们也许认为，不会有比研究希腊神话更没用的专业了，根本无法换来一间独立宽敞的卫生间。

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they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology这句话中的be hard put to do是一种用法,表示“为难、简直没有办法”；name翻译为“定义”,或者更通顺一点,直接理解成“找出”；less useful than Greek mythology作one的后置定语.也就是说整句话的意思其实就是they could hardly find one less useful than Greek mythology,“他们几乎找不出比研究希腊神话更没用的专业了”.另外of all subjects on this planet是介词短语作定语修饰one,由于one后面已经有一个不短的句子了,所以把它提到句首,使整句显得更加合理和富有美感.