托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句:圍繞北極星運(yùn)動(dòng)的天體

　　Anaximander,observing the motions of the heavens around the polestar, was probably the first of the Greek philosophers to picture the sky as sphere completely surrounding Earth--an idea that, elaborated upon later, would prevail until the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century.(TPO37, 46)

　　polestarn. 北極星

　　sphere /sf??/ n. 球體，球形;范圍;社會(huì)階層，社會(huì)地位

　　elaborate/?'læb?ret/ v. 詳盡解釋或說明，詳細(xì)制定

　　prevail /pr?'ve?l/ v. 流行，盛行

　　advent /'ædv?nt/ n. 來臨，到來

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　　Anaximander, (observing the motions of the heavens around the polestar), was probably the first of the Greek philosophers (to picture the sky as sphere completely surrounding Earth)--(an idea) (that, (elaborated upon later), would prevail until the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century).(TPO37, 46)

　　托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句分析：

　　這個(gè)句子的主干：

　　Anaximander was probably the first of the Greek philosophers

　　修飾一：(observing the motions of the heavens around the polestar) ，

　　非謂語動(dòng)詞

　　中文：觀察圍繞北極星運(yùn)動(dòng)的天體

　　修飾二：(to picture the sky as sphere completely surrounding Earth) ，非謂語動(dòng)詞

　　中文：把天空描繪成完全圍繞地球的球體

　　修飾三：(an idea) ，同位語

　　中文：一個(gè)想法

　　修飾四：(elaborated upon later) ，非謂語動(dòng)詞

　　中文：后來被詳細(xì)闡述

　　修飾五：(that would prevail until the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century) ，從句，修飾idea

　　中文：會(huì)流行到17世紀(jì)科技革命的到來。

　　托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句100句參考翻譯：

　　Anaximander(一直觀察圍繞北極星運(yùn)動(dòng)的天體)可能是第一個(gè)希臘哲學(xué)家把天空描繪成完全圍繞地球的球體——這個(gè)想法(后來被詳細(xì)闡述)會(huì)流行到17世紀(jì)科技革命的到來。

　　這個(gè)句子的主要修飾成分就是從句、非謂語動(dòng)詞以及同位語，大家務(wù)必想清楚，每一個(gè)修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。