向大家请教一个长句子，百思不得其解~

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the bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian species are generally smaller in relation to those of nondwarf individuals than are the teeth of the dwarf individuals in relation to those of the nondwarf individuals .
我是从“ than are the teeth of the dwarf individuals in relation to those of the nondwarf individuals .”不理解的
可以看出来 那个“are” 倒装了 是应该放在individuals 后面的 但是整个句子到底是什么意思呢 ？

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the bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian species are generally smaller in relation to those of nondwarf individuals than are the teeth of the dwarf individuals in relation to those of the nondwarf individuals .

在哺乳动物里，侏儒型的个体相比之非侏儒型的个体在身体体型方面要小很多，（这种差别程度）要比两者在牙齿方面上的差异要大
大意是这样

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你用有道翻译了没

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楼上卖广告的，你打酱油也别来这打...
你可以试试把这句子放到Google或是有道上面，看看它们翻译出来的是一坨什么东西。
而且对于GRE这种级别的考试，这种翻译网站基本没用

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2# okqishi

可是可是 体型的差异比牙齿的差异大 是怎么来的啊 后一句我还是没怎么明白

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2# okqishi

现在基本能看清楚这句话的结构了
我能明白 the bodies of --- than  the teeth of ----   前者比后者差异大， 是顺着才出来的吗 ，就是不知道 “大”是从哪来的 麻烦再给解释一下吧 谢谢哦

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5# sjlolita
首先，你这么看：
the bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian species are generally smaller in relation to those of nondwarf individuals than are the teeth of the dwarf individuals in relation to those of the nondwarf individuals .
整句话在than之前与than之后是两个整体，比较的对象就是这两句话中的内容，然后再分开看：
1>.侏儒型的个体相比之非侏儒型的个体在身体体型方面要小
2>.侏儒型的个体相比之非侏儒型的个体在牙齿方面的比较联系


注意in relation这个东西，它的存在就表示的两者之间的差异有程度关联方面的比较，而第一句话的smaller暗指第二句“侏儒型的牙齿并不比非侏儒型的牙齿小多少”，所以句话的程度就出来了


其实吧，这个东西要用中文翻译出来挺难的...有种只可意会不可言传的感觉...既然你结构都看懂了，那你把这个句子读上5遍，自然就懂了，还不懂的话就背下再来理解。

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2# okqishi  

现在基本能看清楚这句话的结构了
我能明白 the bodies of --- than  the teeth of ----   前者比后者差异大， 是顺着才出来的吗 ，就是不知道 “大”是从哪来的 麻烦再给解释一下吧 谢谢哦
sjlolita 发表于 2012-3-1 16:17

“大”是我为了方便你理解，自己加进去的。
你是从阅读中挑的这句话吧，其实做GRE阅读并不是要把文章和句子翻译出来，而是只需了解其大意，最重要的是知道作者想要表达什么，这就够了。
这句话作者就是想要表达“它们体型差异大，牙齿差异小”这个意思，或者说“A体型比B小，而A比B在牙齿方面小的程度不及体型”

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2# okqishi  

现在基本能看清楚这句话的结构了
我能明白 the bodies of --- than  the teeth of ----
sjlolita 发表于 2012-3-1 16:17

by the way，句子的主结构你分析的很正确~多读几遍就OK了，重在语感，别管语法

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9# okqishi

谢谢你 我这几天一直在弄阅读 进步了 不少 感谢~祝你快乐~

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8# okqishi 能不能问一下，than后面那个are是句子哪个部分？我咋感觉有点多余？

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8# okqishi  能不能问一下，than后面那个are是句子哪个部分？我咋感觉有点多余？
iker_cao 发表于 2012-3-4 19:46

其实你这要能理解这个句子在表达什么就行了，没有必要深究其语法结构，有时过分的深究只会引来不必要的复杂...
PS.这个句子你可以再多读几遍，读的多了自然也就理解了

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okqishi 发表于 2012-3-1 16:27
5# sjlolita
首先，你这么看：
the bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian species are generally  ...

感谢

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okqishi 发表于 2012-3-4 20:06
其实你这要能理解这个句子在表达什么就行了，没有必要深究其语法结构，有时过分的深究只会引来不必要的复 ...

还是没弄明白。。。这个应该是从下面这个题目摘出来的

The bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian species are generally smaller in relation to those of nondwarf individuals than are the teeth of the dwarf individuals in relation to those of the nondwarf indi- viduals. Fragmentary skeletal remains of an adult dwarf woolly mammoth were recently found. The teeth are three-fourths the size of the teeth of an average adult nondwarf woolly mammoth.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which of the following?
(A)The body of the dwarf woolly mammoth was
less than three-fourths the size of the body of
an average adult nondwarf woolly mammoth. (B)None of the teeth of the dwarf woolly mammoth that were recently discovered was as large as any of the teeth of nondwarf woolly mammoths
that have been discovered.
(C)The teeth of most adult dwarf individuals of
mammalian species are three- fourths the size of the teeth of the adult nondwarf individuals of the same species.
(D)Dwarf woolly mammoths had the same number of teeth as did nondwarf woolly mammoths.
(E)Dwarf individuals of most mammalian species are generally no more than three-fourths the size of the adult nondwarf individuals of those species.

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FLYAWAY_Chen 发表于 2015-9-25 21:48
还是没弄明白。。。这个应该是从下面这个题目摘出来的

The bodies of dwarf individuals of mammalian ...

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