考研英语长难句讲解 第167期
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：考研英语长难句讲解
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3. This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically 1 determined 2, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive 3 exercise than an intuitive one.
【分析】复合句。句子的主干是This success led Ericsson to conclude that…。过去分词结构 coupled with … determined作定语修饰this success,其中的分词结构showing that …修饰 later research,其中包含一个 that 引导的宾语从句；最后一个that引导的从句作conclude 的宾语。
【译文】后来进行的研究表明了记忆本身并不是由基因决定的，这些结果与第一次实验的成功让埃瑞克森得出结论：记忆能力与其说是一种天生能力，不如说是一种认知行为。
【点拨】coupled with/together with/along with...引导一种修饰主语的成分，往往用在主语后，谓语前。
4. In other words, whatever inborn 4 differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person "encodes" the information.
【分析】复合句。主句主干为those differences are swamped。Whatever 引导让步状语,其中，two people may exhibit. . . memorize为省略了关系词的定语从句，修饰 differences；句末how引导的从句作介词by的宾语。
【译文】换句话说，不管两个人天生的记忆力差距有多大,这些差距都可以被一个人对信息进行“编码”的能力的强弱掩盖。
【点拨】inborn difference意为“先天的差异”。
adv.遗传上
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
adj.坚定的；有决心的
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的
- As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
- The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。
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