内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
87. Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.
88. Brides are traditionally and culturally known to put on that immaculate white wedding gown to be adorned with their beauty, representing her purity and innocence.
2、 长难句翻译解析
87. Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.
01断句
该句的信号词有:
①连接词but ②意群划分 ③介词短语in a... ④语法结构划分
所以断句完成后如下:
Not only did they develop such a device / but by the turn of the millennium / they had also managed to embed it / in a worldwide system / accessed by billions of people every day.
02找主谓,定主从
第一个主谓结构是they develop;第二个主谓结构是they had managed 。
标记一下本句的重点讲解部分:
Not only did they develop such a device / but by the turn of the millennium / they had also managed to embed it / in a worldwide system / accessed by billions of people every day.
03分析主句
本句的主干是:Not only did they develop such a device but they had also managed to embed it.
①本句是not only...but引导的部分倒装结构。在这种结构里,遵从“前倒后不倒”的原则,谓语助动词did提前。英语的基本语序是“主语+谓语”。如果将谓语的一部分放在主语之前,这种语序称为“倒装”。but 后面的by the turn of the millennium是时间状语,意思是:在世纪之交。
本句的重点词汇:
device: 设备,仪器,装置
eg: The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.
这家公司生产一氧化碳检测设备。
by the turn of the millennium:世纪之交
millennium: 一千年,千年
embed:v. (使)嵌入;把...嵌入;使(思想,态度)扎根
eg: A piece of glass was embedded in her hand.
一块玻璃扎在她的手上。
manage to do sth: (尤指通过极大努力)终于做成,设法做成某事
eg: We somehow managed to persuade him.
我们总算想办法把他说服了。
②后面这一部分都是修饰成分。in a worldwide system是状语。
后面的[accessed by billions of people evrey day]是过去分词作后置定语,修饰前面的system。翻译的时候要调整语序放前面。access直译为进入,这里指的是进入某个系统,译为“访问”比较贴切。
worldwide: adj/adv. 世界各地的
eg: We have offices in over 56 countries worldwide.
我们在全世界超过56个国家设有办事处。
access: v.到达,进入,使用;访问,存取
eg: The loft can be accessed by a ladder. 搭梯子可以上阁楼。
04参考译文
他们不仅发明了这样一台设备,而且还在世纪之交成功的将其嵌入了一个每天都有数十亿