考研英語長難句|Day158

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今日長難句

Despite attempts by the Church to suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists,more explorations for how the universe functioned were being made at a rate that people could no longer ignore.

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結構分析

本句的主幹是 more explorations···being made。that people could no longer ignore 爲限制性定語從句,修飾先行詞 a rate。

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詞彙解析

suppress[ səˈpres]

v.(尤指用武力)鎮壓,壓制;阻止(進程或活動);封鎖,隱瞞;抑制;剋制(感情或反應),忍住

logician[ləˈdʒɪʃn]

n. 邏輯學家;論理學者

logic[ˈlɒdʒɪk]

n. 邏輯,道理;推理方法,邏輯學;規律,相互聯繫;邏輯操作

logical[ˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l]

adj. 合情合理的;合乎邏輯的;邏輯(上)的

rationalist[ˈræʃ(ə)nəlɪst]

n. 理性主義者,唯理論者

adj.(人)理性主義的,唯理論的

rational[ˈræʃnəl]

adj.(想法、決定等)合理的,基於理性的;(人)理性的,理智的;富有理性的;(數)有理的,有理數的

n. 有理數

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參考譯文

Despite attempts by the Church to suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists,more explorations for how the universe functioned were being made at a rate that people could no longer ignore.

儘管教會一再試圖打壓新一代的邏輯主義和理性主義思想家,有關宇宙運行方式的種種解釋卻不斷涌現,其速度之快讓人們再也無法無視這個事實。