海天考研英语难句突破100句-程序员.doc

1.Whorf 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. 　　【译文】 沃尔夫进而相信某种类似语言决定论的观点，其极端说法是：语言禁锢思 维，语言的语法结构能对一个社会的文化产生深远的影响。 　　【析句】 句子的主干为Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism。which引导限制性定语从句，修饰linguistic determinism。在由which引导的定语从句中，谓语动词states跟了两个宾语从句，一是that language imprisons the mind，一是and that the grammatical patterns…society。 　　注意：句中imprison the mind不能译成“把大脑(或思想)关进牢房”，只能译成“禁锢思想(或思维)”。 　　【