求教：长句语法，关于定语

swordman1911UID: 3044946

A government constituted upon the basis of parental authority, thus highly estimated and extensively applied, has certainly the advantage of being directly sanctioned by the immutable and ever-operating laws of nature, and must thereby acquire a degree of firmness and durability to which governments, founded on the fortuitous superiority of particular individuals, either in strength or abilities, and continued only through the hereditary influence of particular families, can never be expected to attain.


“thus highly estimated and extensively applied”，是修饰"government"还是"parental authority"?

秋雨荆州UID: 2903781

我投government一票，没有细看意思，因为thus，有点太武断了;P

swordman1911UID: 3044946

秋雨荆州 发表于 2012-6-21 08:55
我投government一票，没有细看意思，因为thus，有点太武断了

恩，我也倾向于government, 但applied与government似乎又不太搭。

timicaoUID: 3131283

我觉得说是parental authority也说的过去啊