考研英語長難句|Day148

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今日長難句

The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had someconnection with the process of thought, which took root in Europelong before people realized how diverse languages could be.

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詞彙解析

Greek希臘人

take root in 生根diverse adj.不同的

process of thought 思維過程

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結構分析

主幹:主Greeks+謂assumed+賓語從句that

修飾:which 引導非限定性定語從句,修飾整個紅色主幹,進一步解釋說明

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參考譯文

The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had someconnection with the process of thought, which took root in Europelong before people realized how diverse languages could be.

希臘人認爲:語言結構與思維過程之間存在某種聯繫,這種觀點,早在人們意識到語言多樣性之前,已經在歐洲根深蒂固。