19. The physicist rightly dreads precise argument,since an argument that is convincing only if it is precise loses all its force if the assumptions on which it is based are slightly changed,whereas an argument that is convincing though imprecise may well be stable under small perturbations of its underlying assumptions. (5+)
物理学家恐惧于那些精确无误的论据不无道理,因为某种只有在它是精确无误的条件下才令人置信的论据,一旦它赖于建立其上的假设稍有变化,便会失去它一部的作用;而与此相反,一个尽管并不精确无误但却令人置信的论据,在其基本假设(underlying assumption)稍微受干扰的情况下,仍然有可能是站得住脚的。
难句类型:复杂修饰
解释:本句在文章中就是一个自然段,虽然长度比不上前面第一章中所举的那个长达10行的例子,但是难度绝不在那句话之下。本句堪称句子的大杂烩,连主句带从句居然一共有八个。从大往小说,由whereas连接了两个大句子,whereas后面的句子中的主语an augument之后又跟了一个定语从句that is convincing though imprecise, 修饰augument。whereas前面共有六个句子,由the physicist作主语的主句;由since引导的原因状语从句,修饰since从句中主语an augument的由that引导的定语从句,此定语从句中的条件状语从句only if it is precise; since从句中的条件状语从句if the assumptions on which it is based are slightly changed,以及修饰此从句中的主语assumptions的定语从句on which it is based一共八个句子,从句套从句,实在令人叹为观止。
然而,在考试现场去数句子的数目,是只有呆子才会干的事,读者们惟一要干的事就是反复阅读这句话,什么时候练到不必去想其语法结构就能按原文顺序读懂,才算初步掌握;再进一步把它读顺,直到你看不出这个句子有什么特别的地方,看上去还挺舒服就算训练成功。
意群训练:The physicist rightly dreads precise argument, since an argument that is convincing only if it is precise loses all its force if the assumptions on which it is based are slightly changed, whereas an argument that is convincing though imprecise may well be stable under small perturbations of its underlying assumptions.
上一篇: 考研英语长难句详解(34)
下一篇: 考研英语长难句详解(20)
国际英语资讯:22 killed in blast targeting buses evacuating Syrian Shiites
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练30 科普知识型阅读理解(2)
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练24 广告应用型阅读理解
2017年高考英语二轮复习 代词(学案)
国内英语资讯:Eritrean FM to visit China
国际英语资讯:50 buses of Shiite evacuees enter Aleppo following massive explosion
广东省2017高考英语二轮限时训练:28 史地常识型阅读理解(2)
国内英语资讯:China, Lithuania agree to build stronger ties
一毛不拔的富豪们:那些拒绝将财产留给子女的名人
2017届高三一轮英语 单元验收试题8 新人教版
国际英语资讯:President Trump plays down nationwide protests demanding release of his tax returns
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练28 社会生活型阅读理解(2)
2017届高三一轮英语 单元验收试题4 新人教版
体坛英语资讯:Xavi: Barcelona miss Dani Alves
国内英语资讯:Xi urges strengthened party education campaign
美餐厅禁五岁以下儿童入内 生意爆棚
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练22 故事记叙型阅读理解
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练31 阅读填空(1)
广东省2017高考英语二轮限时训练:18 定语从句
国际英语资讯:13 injured as passenger train derails in northern India
国际英语资讯:Pro-Trump, anti-Trump rallies clash in Berkeley, California
国内英语资讯:Feature: Chinese vessel sets sail to revive ancient maritime silk road legend
2017届高三一轮英语 单元验收试题5 新人教版
体坛英语资讯:Bremen beat Hamburg, Darmstadt upset Schalke in German Bundesliga
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练20 完形填空第二节(2)
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练23 资讯报道型阅读理解
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练19 完形填空第二节(1)
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练29 科普知识型阅读理解(1)
2017高考英语二轮复习限时训练26 史地常识型阅读理解
广东省2017高考英语二轮限时训练:16 复合句结构