歷年考研真題長難句解析薈萃(21)

1. As a result, California's growth rate dropped during the 1970s, to 18.5 percent-little more than two thirds the 1960s' growth figure and considerably below that of other Western states.

【譯文】因此，加利福利尼的人口增長率在70年代降到18.5％，僅略高于60年代增長率的三分之二，但大大低于西部其他各州。

【析句】注意dropped to 18.5％意為下降到18.5％，而不是下降了18.5％ （dropped by 18.5%）。two thirds the 1960's growth figure表示是60年代生長率的三分之二。

【講詞】considerable意為"相當?shù)?quot;，considerably意為"相當?shù)?quot;。The death toll could rise considerably as more information comes in from the area hit by the earthquake.（地震災區(qū)傳來的更多信息顯示，死亡人數(shù)可能會大幅上升。）

2.  Think of Galileo's 17th century trial for his rebelling belief before the Catholic Church or poet William Blake's harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton.

【譯文】想想看，17世紀伽利略因其叛逆性的信仰而遭到天主教會的審判，詩人威廉布萊克對艾薩克牛頓的機械世界觀提出尖銳的批判。

【析句】這是一個類似祈使句的無主語句，句子的主干其實是Think of Galileo's 17th century trial... or Blake's harsh remarks。由于賓語較長，在譯成漢語時，應該調整句子的結構，以免句子的結構顯得不平衡。

【講詞】remark意為"評論；言論"，但是如果remark(s)后面接介詞against，那么通常表示"批評"。像word(s)，statement，comment等都是如此。He denied that he had made any remarks against the leadership of the party.（他否認他曾批評過該黨的領導人。）