语境:The company, founded in 2004 by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg, began life catering first to Harvard students and then to all high school and college students. It has since evolved into a broadly popular online destination used by both teenagers and adults of all ages.
句子的主干是the company began life,后面接分词短语catering to sb(迎合某人,为某人服务...). 不应将life与catering放在一起看。begin life,有这种说法,你可以查一下。这里我理解是“起家,开始经营”之类的意思。大意:经营之初先是服务于sb...