考研英语长难句讲解第15期
时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:考研英语长难句讲解
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4. This group generally do well in IQ test, scoring 12-15 points above the mean value of 100, and have contributed disproportinately to the intellectual, and cultural life of the West, as the careers of their elites 1, including several world-renowned scientists, affirm.
【分析】复合句。主句主干为 This group do well in IQ test and have contributed to the life。现在分词短语 scoring...作伴随状语;as 引导状语从句。
【译文】这一人群在高智商测试中普遍得分较高,(得分)比平均值高出12至15分;就像他们中的一些精英人士(包括一些享誉世界的科学家)的事业所证实的那样,这一群人对于西方学术和文化生活做出了(同他们人口数量)极不成比例的贡献。
【点拨】mean 作动词时意为“意味;意欲”;作形容词时,常意为“小气的,吝啬的”,在本句中意为“平均的”。
5. His argumet is that the unusual history of these people has subjected them to unique evolutionary 2 pressures that have resulted in this paradoxical state of affairs.
【分析】多重复合句。主句主干为 His argumet is...。第一个 that 引导表语从句,第二个 that 引导定语从句,修饰 pressure。
【译文】他的观点是:这些人非同寻常的经理使其承受了独特的进化压力,从而形成了这一看似矛盾的状况。
【点拨】result in 意为“导致了...”;需注意它与 result from 的区别,后者意为“由...引起的,起因于”。
【临摹】那次交通事故使她双目失明了。
临摹答案
5. That traffic accident resulted in her blindness of both eyes./Her blindness of both eyes resulted from that traffic accident.
1 elites
精华( elite的名词复数 ); 精锐; 上层集团; (统称)掌权人物
- The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
- Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。
2 evolutionary
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
- Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
- These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
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