20180325 长难句

【今日长难句】

But the average scientist's primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.

#长难句每日一句# 是一道配菜，建议你首先消化课程所讲内容之后，再每天来一个长难句来填满碎片时间。切不可不听课，每天只练一个长难句，那就本末倒置了。

长难句的正确打开方式👇👇

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然后看下面的解析

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【句子分段】

But the average scientist's primary task is not to think about the moral code || which governs his activity，|| any more than || a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration || of rules of conduct in business.

【句子分析】

句子主干为主系表结构=the average scientist's task/ is/ not to think about the moral code

修饰成分关键是要把握两点：第一，“which governs his activity”这个定语从句可以译为“的”结构并放在被限定的名词前面，译文会显得简练，当然后置翻译也是可以的；第二，考生最难把握的是not…any more than…，表示两者类似，not…any more than …等于no more than…，译为：……不……，就如同……不……。所以后半句话是用类比的方式对前半句话进行说明。

【词的处理】

moral code中，code表示编码，道德编码不同顺，需要结合汉语表达习惯，译为“道德准则”，“道德标准”等。

dedicate to表示致力于，如果这个词组没有准确理解，句子就很难译好。

exploration 开发探索

【总结】

考研翻译不仅考察对单词的认知，而且考察根据上下文作意思转换与引申的能力。

【参考译文】

But the average scientist's primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.

1、但是普通科学家的主要任务并非是思考约束其行为的道德准则，这正如人们不期望商人致力于探究商业行为规范。

2、但是普通科学家的主要任务并非思考道德准则，虽然道德准则约束着他的行为；这正如人们不指望商人致力于探究商业行为规范。

【明日长难句】

They may teach very well, and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment.

每天坚持长难句的同学，都考过了四六级，考研英语取得了好成绩！