【真題例句1】
While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians,modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.
【解析】
可拆分為:While there are almost as many definitions of history //as there are historians,// modern practice most closely conforms to one // that sees history //as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.
主句:modern practice most closely conforms to one;從句:讓步狀語從句While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians;比較狀語從句as there are historians;定語從句that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past修飾one。
主干結(jié)構(gòu)是While there are almost as... as there are... 主句,While引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句,此句與漢語句序符合漢語習(xí)慣未作調(diào)整,仍放于主句前。從句中as... as結(jié)構(gòu)是比較級(jí),這句話直譯為“有多少歷史學(xué)家,就有多少關(guān)于歷史的定義。
【參考譯文】
幾乎每個(gè)歷史學(xué)家對(duì)史學(xué)都有自己的界定,但現(xiàn)代史學(xué)家的實(shí)踐最趨向于認(rèn)為,歷史學(xué)是試圖重現(xiàn)過去的重大史實(shí)并對(duì)其做出解釋。