2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(36)
每日一句:
Tom came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far reaching consequences for the culture of a society.
【分析】
句子的主幹爲Tom came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism。which引導限制性定語從句,修飾linguistic determinism。在由which引導的定語從句中,in its strongest form是插入語,謂語動詞states跟了兩個賓語從句:一是that language imprisons the mind,一是and that the grammatical patterns…society。
【詞彙】
come to 逐漸
state v.闡明
imprisons the mind“禁錮思想 (或思維)”, 注意不能譯成“把大腦 (或思想) 關進牢房”
far reaching深遠的
consequence影響
【譯文】湯姆逐步開始相信某種類似語言決定論的觀點,其極端說法是:語言禁錮思維,語言的語法結構能對一個社會的文化產生深遠的影響。
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