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　　Now since the assessment of intelligence is a comparative matter，we must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides avalidorfaircomparison.

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　　要点:句子的主干是we must be sure。since引导原因状语从句the assessment of intelligence is a comparative matter。主句中又有that引导的宾语从句that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides avalidorfaircomparison。此宾语从句中又套嵌一个由介词with+which引导的定语从句with which we are comparing our subjects修饰先行词the scale。scale在此处意为尺度、衡量标准。

　　译文：既然对智力的评估相比较而言的，那么我们必须确保，在对我们的对象进行比较时，我们所用的尺度能够提供有效的或公平的比较。