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托福阅读长难句:围绕北极星运动的天体

2020-07-23来源:互联网

  Anaximander,observing the motions of the heavens around the polestar, was probably the first of the Greek philosophers to picture the sky as sphere completely surrounding Earth--an idea that, elaborated upon later, would prevail until the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century.(TPO37, 46)

  polestarn. 北极星

  sphere /sf??/ n. 球体,球形;范围;社会阶层,社会地位

  elaborate/?'l?b?ret/ v. 详尽解释或说明,详细制定

  prevail /pr?'ve?l/ v. 流行,盛行

  advent /'?dv?nt/ n. 来临,到来

  分析:

  这个句子的主干:

  Anaximander was probably the first of the Greek philosophers

  修饰一:(observing the motions of the heavens around the polestar) ,

  非谓语动词

  中文:观察围绕北极星运动的天体

  修饰二:(to picture the sky as sphere completely surrounding Earth) ,非谓语动词

  中文:把天空描绘成完全围绕地球的球体

  修饰三:(an idea) ,同位语

  中文:一个想法

  修饰四:(elaborated upon later) ,非谓语动词

  中文:后来被详细阐述

  修饰五:(that would prevail until the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century) ,从句,修饰idea

  中文:会流行到17世纪科技革命的到来。

  参考翻译

  Anaximander(一直观察围绕北极星运动的天体)可能是第一个希腊哲学家把天空描绘成完全围绕地球的球体——这个想法(后来被详细阐述)会流行到17世纪科技革命的到来。