序號:002
In experiments, an injection of cytoplasm from dextral eggs changes the pattern of sinistral eggs, but an injection from sinistral eggs does not influence dextral eggs.
詞彙
The struggling company needed an injection of cash.
這個艱難的公司需要資金的注入。
cytoplasm:n. 細胞質
dextral:adj. 右旋的
sinistral:adj. 左旋的
They are studying behavior patterns among high-school students.
他們正在研究高中生的行為習慣。
分析
首先看到an injection 後面of 連接了一個cytoplasm(簡記為c),緊接著是from這個介詞,因此猜到是c的注射,後面的from 跟著dextral eggs,找到動詞changes,因此在動詞之前的,可以粗略理解成:來自d的c的注射。
動詞changes後面跟著the pattern,名詞,of sinistral eggs 修飾 the pattern,因此這半句可以理解成:s的模式。
an injection of cytoplasm from dextral eggs changes the pattern of sinistral eggs,這句話就縮略形式是:an injection changes pattern (注射改變模式),具體而言應該是:來自d的c的注射改變了s的模式。
下面看but的後半句:but an injection from sinistral eggs does not influence dextral eggs.
因此這句話可以理解成:在實驗中,來自d的c的注射改變了s的模式,但來自s的注射不會影響d。
最後,這句話使用了大量的省略。文中的changes the pattern of sinistral eggs後面,實際省略了一個to dextral,而最後的分句an injection from sinistral eggs does not influence dextral eggs,則是an injection of cytoplasm from sinistral eggs does not influence the pattern of dextral eggs的省略形式。
劃分閱讀
// In experiments //, an injection of cytoplasm ( from dextral eggs) changes [ the pattern of sinistral eggs ] , but an injection ( from sinistral eggs) does not influence [ dextral eggs ] .
譯文
在實驗中,一個(來自右旋蛋)蛋白質注入改變了左旋蛋的模式,而一個(來自左旋蛋)注入卻不影響右旋蛋的模式。
意群訓練
In experiments, an injection of cytoplasm from dextral eggs changes the pattern of sinistral eggs, but an injection from sinistral eggs does not influence dextral eggs.
拓展
將省略部分補全:
In experiments, an injection of cytoplasm from dextral eggs changes the pattern of sinistral eggs to dextral, but an injection of cytoplasm from sinistral eggs does not influence the pattern of dextral eggs.
一點建議
建議把句子寫下來,主動劃劃線。
註:
1. 該句選自楊鵬《GRE & GMAT閱讀長難句教程》第112句;
2. 詞彙部分英文例句來自Merriam- Webster,部分中文翻譯來自谷歌、有道。
另,這是剛新建的公眾號,主要講解一些長難句。
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* 勘誤
在昨天的推送中,劃分閱讀部分出現符號混淆,特此更正:
They are called [ virtual particles ] // in order to distinguish them from real particles, ( whose lifetimes are not constrained in the same way ), and ( which can be detected ) //.
註:
A:陰影表示主語;
B:下劃線表示謂語,系動詞;
[ ... ]:表示賓語,介詞賓語,表語;
// ... //:狀語;
(...),{...}:修飾成分;
C:加粗表示並列、轉折等連詞,固定搭配,被分開的詞組
D:斜體表示省略