...who had no( relation ) to the rest of the community except (that) of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a sharehold's meeting to dictate their orders to the management.
這里的 that 是指代上文出現(xiàn)的 relation ,是不可以省略的,這里,except that of = except the relation of .
說(shuō)明：在英語(yǔ)句子中,為了避免前面某個(gè)名詞的重復(fù),往往用that（指代單數(shù)名詞）和 those （指代復(fù)數(shù)名詞）來(lái)指代,這種用法以 that 或 those 必須有后置定語(yǔ)為前提；
例如：1、The weather of Beijing is usually colder in winter than that of Shanghai（ that 指代 the weather ,of Shanghai 為后置定語(yǔ)）.
2、The bikes made in Shanghai are better than those made inTinjing.
后部分試翻譯：他們除了抽取紅利及偶爾參加業(yè)主會(huì)議向管理部門(mén)發(fā)布指令外,與社區(qū)已無(wú)其它關(guān)系.（請(qǐng)注意 “關(guān)系”）.