介词短语在句中分析与翻译的实例Word格式.docx

1、科学工作者力图精确地描述这些问题，然后根据通过观察和实验收集到的有关事实来解决这些问题。（介词短语in accurate terms作方式方法状语，说明to formulate。in the lightexperiment作方式方法状语，说明tosolve。3The atom is analogous to a miniature solar system，with a nucleus as the“sunand electrons as the“planetsrevolving in orbits around the nucleus原子类似于一个小型太阳系，原子核可看作“太阳”，电子可看作

2、是沿轨道绕着核旋转的行星”。（analogous to，“与相似”。with a nucleus as，and（with） electrons as是 with引出的复合结构，用来对solar system作补充说明。4The unit of heat on the cgssystem is the calorie，which is established as the amount ofheat required to raise one gramme of water by one degree centigrade热的厘米克秒制单位是卡，将1克水升高摄氏1度所需的热量定为1卡。（cgss

3、ystem=centimeter-gramsecond system，“厘米秒制”。介词短语onsystem作定语，修饰unit。by所引导的介词短语是raise要求的，这里by表示数量增减的绝对值。例如：increase by10，“增加10”；decrease by two orders of magnitude，“减小两个数量级”。5Sometimes the individual crystals，with plane faces and sharp edges and corners，are visibleto the naked eye,and sometimes they can

4、 be seen only under a microscope单晶有时用肉眼就能看得到，有时只有在显微镜下才能看得见，这种单晶有着平的晶面和锐利的棱角。（with plane facescorners是介词短语用作独立定语，修饰crystals。6Modern Japan and other Oriental countries are emerging with the irresistible urge for better standards of living and anovel，powerful role in the worlds economy在不可阻挡地迫切要求提高生活水平

5、和在世界经济中发挥新的、强有力的作用的驱使下，现代的日本和其他东方国家正在崛起。（witheconomy有条件状语的意味，用来修饰emerging。）7Liquids，however，are highly incompressible；that is，very large pressures，of the order of thousands of tons per square inch，are required to diminish their volumes appreciably但是，液体是非常不易压缩的；要明显地压缩液体的体积，就需要巨大的压力，其数量级达每平方英寸几千吨。（介词短

6、语of the orderinch是独立定语，修饰pressures。8One suggestion has been the use of mixtures of two different types of insecticide，with the idea that one of them should eliminate the individuals resistant to the other有一种设想是使用两种不同类型的混合杀虫剂，其想法是如果害虫对其中之一有抗药性，那么另一种就能杀死它。（介词短语with the idea一the other作two types of inse

7、cticide的定语，对它作补充说明。that引导的从句作idea的同位语。resistand to the other是形容词短语作individuals定语。）9The side of Mercury which is turned away from the sun remains in eternal darkness，with a temperature only a few degrees above absolute zero 水星背向太阳的那一面，却永远处于黑暗之中，那里的温度仅比绝对零度高几度。（with a temperature above对the side of Mer

8、cury补充说明。10No distinction can be drawn between pure and applied science in terms of differences in the training or competence of workers，or in organization，or in method，or even in the immediate outcome of the work不能根据工作人员的训练程度和资格、组织机构、研究方法甚至研究工作的直接成果等方面的差别来划分理论科学与应用科学的界线。（between一science作定语，修饰distin

9、ction。in terms of作状语，说明can be drawn。11An object with at least one easily measurable property which changes apprecially while the obiect is coming to thermal equilibrium may be used as a temperature-measuring device，or thermometer当一种物质进入热平衡时，至少具有一种变化显著因而易于测量的特性，这种物质可用来作为测温装置，即温度计。（with一equilibrium用作定

10、语，修饰An object。12If we could go on an imaginary journey from the surface to the centre of a star such as the Sun，we would find a steady increase in temperature and pressure如果我们能从像太阳这样的恒星的表面到其中心作一次想像的旅行，我们会发现温度和压力将持续不断地增加。（fromtothe Sun用作定语，修饰journey。13The fact that a compass needle assulnes a northso

11、uth direction leads to the conclusion that the earth must be a magnet，with the space all around it constituting a huge magnetic field指南针指向南北方向这一事实可导出这样的结论：地球必定是一个磁体，地球周围的所有空间构成了一个巨大的磁场。（句中两个that引导的都是同位语从句。withfield是分词复合结构，起补充说明作用。 14The second aspect is the application by all members of society，from

12、 the government officials to the ordinary citizen，of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in theirwork。第二方面涉及从政府官员到普通公民等所有社会成员运用科学家在工作中所用的思维和行动的特定方法。（from。to作非限定性定语修饰members。by和of所引导的两个介词短语均修饰the application，of短语被两个介词短语分隔开了。15Chemistry has two main aspects：descriptive chemis

13、try，the discovery and tabulation of chemical facts；and theoretical chemistry，the formulation of theories that，upon verification，unify these facts and combine them into a system。化学有两个主要方面：叙述性化学，即化学事实的发现和制表；理论化学，即对化学理论的系统阐述，根据验证把化学事实统一起来，从而归纳成一个体系。（the discoveryfacts是descriptive chemistry的同位语，the form

14、ulationa system是theoretical chemistry的同位语，其中that引出定语从句，upon verification用作状语。16Every body in the universe attracts every other body with a force directly proportional to the product of the masses of the two bodies and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them 宇宙中每一物体都以一引力吸引另外

15、的每一物体，该引力与两物体质量的乘积成正比，而与两物体之间的距离平方成反比。（with a force是状语，说明attracts。directly proponionalto，“与成正比”；inversely proportional to，“与成反比”。这两个形容词短语用来说明force。17For an ltalian contemplating anything from paying his taxes to getting a peddlers licenseor collecting an old age pension，the nations million-man burea

16、ucracy is a nightmare。对意大利人来说，无论打算做什么事，从纳税到申请零售商执照或领取老年人的退休金， 全国上百万个官僚主义者真令人不寒而栗。（For。pension介词短语是nightmare“恶梦”要 求的。例：It was a nightmare for me。from.to.pension作定语修饰anything。18Scientists in the US. , Western Europe and Japan are pushing hard toward astill much-in-the-future optical computer that uses

17、 photons rather than electrons for number-crunching efficiency美国、西欧和日本的科学家们正在全力以赴地研制那种更富光明前景的光子计算机，该机将利用光子而不是电子来提高数据处理的效率。（usefor，用来）19With the invention of the electromagnetic generator in the latter part of the nineteenth century，it became possible to convent the energy of burning fuel to electric

18、ity which could then betransmitted to distant points for Use19世纪末叶，由于发明了电磁发电机，从而有可能把燃烧燃料而获得的能量转变为电能，然后再输送到遥远的地区使用。（conventto，把转变为。20If a piece of rock，of anything else，one inch in diameter were magnified to the size of the earth，its constituent atoms would become about the size of tennis balls如果把直径为

19、1英寸的一块岩石或一块别的什么东西放大到地球那样大，那么它的组成原子大约会变成网球那么大。（ofanythingdse前后有逗号，是非限定性定语，修饰apiece。介词短语在句中分析与翻译的实例0221Inability to build high-voltage generators and motors gives to the transformer immediaterecognition as a highly flexible link between the generation and distribution of electrical energy制造高压发电机和高压电动机

20、是不可能的，这就立即使人们认识到变压器是发电与配电之 间灵活性很高的中间环节。（本句是简单句。主语是inability，谓语是gives，宾语是recognition。不定式短语to build。motors作定语，修饰inability。give recognition toas，“承认是”。介词短语betweenenergy作定语，修饰link。22The mildness of its climate，with slight temperature variations and infrequent rainfall，combined with a high average level

21、of sunshine and brilliant shies，a11 make it idea for tourismwhether by winter or by summer宜人的气候、变化不大的温度、稀少的雨量、灿烂的阳光以及明媚的天空，所有这一切使 突尼斯成为冬夏理想的旅游胜地。（with和combined with把三个主语连接起来。all是总括词，总括上述的三个主语。idea是it宾语补足语。it代替上文中Tunisia突尼斯。bywinter这里by作“当时候”解。They dont work by day but by night他们日间不工作，夜间工作。whetheror，

22、“不论是还是”，用作连词，连接两个并列成分。23We explain the differences between gases and liquids bysaying that the molecules in a liquid are not moving about so fredy as the molecules in a gas and are very much closer together液体分子不像气体分子那样能自由地到处运动，而是比较紧密地聚集在一起，我们以此来解释气体和液体之间的区别。（介词短语by saying作方式方法状语，说明谓语explain。24For ab

23、out the last 200 years，the structural theory has been devdoped by scientists，mathematicians and engineers，with the very practical object of providing a reliable basis for the design of structures by calculation大约近200年来，科学家、数学家和工程师们发展了结构理论，其目的在于通过计算给结构物的设计工作提供可靠的基础。（withobiectfor是介词复合结构，起目的状语作用。25By

24、the quiet persistence of the truth-seekers，working upstream against the flow of ancient prejudice，mankind has entered into new realm of health，and the borderlines of death have beenpressed farther back由于真理探索者顶着守旧派偏见的逆流，默默无闻、坚持不懈地努力工作，人类才得以进 入了新的健康王国，而死亡的界线则被抛到离我们更远的地方。（介词短语Bytruth-seekers用作原因状语，说明谓语

25、动词hasentered。26When a man picks up a weight from the floor and raises it above his head，he has in effectinserted his body between the weight and the earth and pushed the weight one way with his hands，and thee arth the other way with his feet当一个人从地板上拿起重物并把它举到头顶上时，实际上他是把自己的身体置于重物与地 面之间，他用双手朝着一个方向推着重物，

26、而用双脚朝着另一方向推着地面。（pick up，“拿起”。in effect，“实际上”。one way，“朝着一个方向”。the other way，朝着另一方向”。这两个短语前均省略介词in，作状语。and与the earth之间省略了谓语pushed。27But this is not possible because of the size of the country，with the distance from Dehli to Madras，for example，being greater than that from London to Rome但这是不可能的，因为印度面积大

27、，譬如，从德里到马德拉斯的距离，就比伦敦到罗马还 要远。（with，名词+分词的结构，可用作状语和定语。句中with the distance。being用作定 语，对size进行补充说明。that fromthat代替distance。28Even at this moment many Of the earths natural treasures are being destroyed，manyvaluable animals and plants are been killed off，it is becoming increasingly difficult to grow enou

28、ghfoods to preserve much of the earths population from stavation甚至现在，地球上的许多自然财富正遭到破坏，许多珍稀动植物已面临灭绝之灾，为使地球上大多数人口免于饥饿而生产出足够的粮食也越来越困难了。（to preservefrom，“使免于”。29If the Earth，Moon and Sun move into a direct line，with the Moon in the middle，the dark body of the Moon blots out the briliant disk of the Sun，a

29、nd we witness a solar eslipse假如地球、月球和太阳运行到一条直线上，月球在中间，那么月球的暗体就遮住了太阳的亮盘，于是我们便看到日食。（with the Moon in the middle是with引出的介词复合结构，在句中起补充说明作用。30As natural science treats of the mutual transformation，changes and development of various kinds of matter，it is of great tmportance for us to make a profound study of it so that we may control the phenomena of nature 自于自然科学研究的是各种物质的相互转化、变化和发展，因而我们深入研究自然科学以便控制