20190718长难句
【昨日回顾】
To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.
从共有特征中滤出独有特性,这可能使我们能够理解复杂的文化行为是如何出现的,并从进化或认知角度理解什么引导了它的走向。
【明日长难句】
That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.
【今日长难句】
That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check.
【结构解析】
1. 第一句较为简单,“at least”充当插入语,写作中可以使用这种句式达到句子结构的变化。
2. 第二句主干为“主谓宾”结构,即:a comparative study of linguistic traits/ supplies/ a reality check;published online today为非谓语动词修饰主语,可译为“的”结构。
3. 第三句主干为“主谓宾”结构,即:Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues/ consider/ the evolution of grammars
4. “in the light of sth…” 为固定搭配,译为“根据…,按照…”;“two previous attempts to find universality in language”中 “to find universality in language”为动词不定式做定语修饰名词。
【词的处理】
comparative / kəmˈpærətiv / adj. 比较的;相比的
linguistic / liŋˈɡwistik / adj. 语言的,语言学的
trait / treit / n. 特征,特点
reality / riˈæləti / n. 现实
colleague / ˈkɔli:ɡ; NAmE ˈkɑ:- / n. 同事
consider / kənˈsidə(r) / vt. 仔细考虑
evolution / ˌi:vəˈlu:ʃn; ˌev- / n. 进化
in the light of 根据,由于,鉴于
attempt / əˈtempt / n. 尝试
universality / ˌju:niˈvə:sliti / n. 统一性
【参考译文】
That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.
至少,这是希望所在。但是今天网上发布的一篇语言特征的对比研究(为这一想法)提供了现实上的检验。在这之前的两个寻找语言共性的尝试的基础上,奥克兰大学的Russell Gray以及他的同事们对语法的演变进行了思考。
【明日长难句】
The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language—acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar.
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