新GRE阅读长难句解析4

第 7 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑新 GRE 阅读长难句解析 4我们在下面为大家预备了一些 GRE 阅读中的长难句，并且配有它的句型难点以及相应的翻译，关怀大家更好地理解这些句子。 1. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons , it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact real Amazonian societies but rather to offer moral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society . (4) 假设我们先争辩一下为什么古人会提到亚马逊人，下面的一点就变得清楚了，那就是古希腊对于这种社会的庙睡不是太多的被用来表达观看的历史事实真正的亚麻逊社会的而是为了对于妇女在其社会中的统治的预期后果供应一种"道德教育'。 难句类型：冗杂修饰、插入语、抽象词 解释：有两个词汇需要先解释一下：something be meant to represent 是use something to mean 的被动语态。mean 在这里不是常用的的意思是的意思，而是表示做某事所表达的目的、意图，其英文释义为：to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate.句中的构造为：something be meant not so much to,,, but rather to, 事实上是把 be meant to 和 not rather 的两个固定搭配套在一起，意思是：不是为了而是为了 另外，suppose 的意思很抽象，不简洁理解。此词既有据信、被认为的意思，也有预期的意思，还有表示贬义的假想的被想当然的意思。 本句的 supposed 用法极其特别，在此处的意思，用以上任何一个释义来理解竟然都可以成立，既是在说一个预期的社会状态，又是在说一个虚构出来的、原来不存在的社会状态，其用法类似于中文中的一语双关，是文章自以为文笔精妙之处。 意群训练：If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact- real Amazonian societies- but rather to offermoral lessons on the supposed outcome of womens rule in their own society. 2. Thus,for instance,it may come as a shock to mathematicians t...