2017年8月10日口碑课程网考研英语长难句解析

今日长难句：

He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.

参考译文：

他断言，在理解冗长且完全抽象的观点上，他的能力有限。正是由于这个原因，他确信自己在数学方面不会有成就。

句子解析：

【结构分析】本句是复合句。去掉状语 also，得到主句 He asserted that…。宾语部分是 that 引导的宾语从句 his power….was very limited。不定式短语 to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought 作后置定语修饰名词 power。句末的非限制性定语从句 for which reason… 中，which reason指代上文的整句内容 his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited。

【词义选择】句子中 follow 原义是“跟随”，但是其后的宾语是 a long and purely abstract train of thought (冗长且完全抽象的观点)，因此，该动词翻译为“理解(观点)”。

下期预告：

On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer he had no power of reasoning.