GMAT长难句:
A desire to throw over reality a light thatnever was might give away abruptly to the desire on the part of what we mightconsider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structureand texture of a flower.
思维导图
GMAT长难句主干结构
A desire might give away abruptly to the desire.
一种欲望突然地被这种欲望所代替。
GMAT长难句子句拆分
该句一共有三个子句:
1) 主句(第一层级):见主干结构
2) that引导的定语从句(第二层级): that never was 这个定语从句修饰a light。
3) what引导的宾语从句(第二层级): whatwe might consider a novelist-scientist。
GMAT长难句知识难点
1) 短语倒装
to throw overreality a light that never was修饰a desire,其中throw over reality a lightthat never was是短语倒装结构。正常的语序是throw A over B,当A很长按照标准书面语言的习惯表达使用倒装结构,写成throw over B A。
to recordexactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower修饰the desire,其中record exactly and concretely the structure and textureof a flower是短语倒装结构,正常的语序是record the structure and texture of a flower exactly andconcretely。
2) 插入结构
on the part of what we might consider anovelist-scientist将the desire和to分开,给我们阅读句子带来了一定的困难,但这种插入结构在标准书面语言中是很常见的表达,体现出表达的高效性。
3) 词法与词义
light的其中一个词义是观点(aparticular aspect or appearance presented to view),比如saw thematter in a different light。that never was指不存在的。所以 a light that never was指未存在过的观点。
on the part of指就该方面而言。
GMAT长难句句意点评
对于感性与理性并存的人(兼具小说家和科学家)来说,看到花儿会有愿望给出一种从未有过的观点,这种观点是超越现实的。而该愿望会被另一种愿望突兀地代替掉,那就是详尽并具体的记录花的结构和纹理。
(编辑:Kitty)