GRE长难句3.4.doc

But the recent discovery of detailed similarities in the skeletal structure of the flippers in all three groups undermines the attempt to explain away superficial resemblance as due to convergent evolution — the independent development of similarities between unrelated groups in response to similar environmental pressures. detailed similarities细致的（包含很多细节的） 相似处 Attempt （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图 Resemblance 近似，相似之处 Explain away...as...把...作为...解释掉 the independent development of similarities彼此独立的发展形成某些相同特征 human genes contain too little information even to specify which hemisphere of the brain each of a human’s 10’’ neurons should occupy，let alone the hundreds of connections that each neuron makes. Too...even to... ...得连...都无法做到；...得都无法...了 ;太...以至于不能... too little information even to specify 信息少的都无法具体规定 eg.He was too weak even to lift his hand.他虚弱得连手都抬不起来。 Neuron神经细胞 Let alone更不用说，和too...even to..构成递进 (译为:....都无法了，更不用提...了...) For the woman who is a practitioner of feminist literary criticism, the subjectivity versus objectivity, or critic-as-artist-or-scientist, debate has special significance; for her, the question is not only academic, but political as well, and her definition will court special risks whichever side of the issue it favors. Mind-body problem身心问题 主语：the subjectivity versus objectivity debate （the subjectivity versus objectivity 为修饰成分，名词修饰名词） 谓语：has or critic-as-artist-or-scientist为修饰，译为主观性还是客观性，或者说评论家应该做艺术家还是做科学家的辩论 Issue指的是主观性还是客观性的问题 Court招致（风险，失败） Favor 有利于 Versus是...还是... Or或者 or是...还是... If she defines feminist criticism as objective and scientific --a valid, verifiable, intellectual method that anyone, whether man or woman , can perform --the definition not only precludes the critic-as-artist approach, but may also impede accomplishment of the utilitarian political objectives of those who seek to change the academic establishment and its thinking, especially about sex roles. Preclude排除，approach方法 Impede阻碍，阻止，妨碍，accomplishment 成就，实现 Establ