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.
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