考研英语长难句讲解第15期

 4. This group generally do well in IQ test, scoring 12-15 points above the mean value of 100, and have contributed disproportinately to the intellectual, and cultural life of the West, as the careers of their elites¹, including several world-renowned scientists, affirm.

【分析】复合句。主句主干为 This group do well in IQ test and have contributed to the life。现在分词短语 scoring...作伴随状语；as 引导状语从句。

【译文】这一人群在高智商测试中普遍得分较高，（得分）比平均值高出12至15分；就像他们中的一些精英人士（包括一些享誉世界的科学家）的事业所证实的那样，这一群人对于西方学术和文化生活做出了（同他们人口数量）极不成比例的贡献。

【点拨】mean 作动词时意为“意味；意欲”；作形容词时，常意为“小气的，吝啬的”，在本句中意为“平均的”。

5. His argumet is that the unusual history of these people has subjected them to unique evolutionary² pressures that have resulted in this paradoxical state of affairs.

【分析】多重复合句。主句主干为 His argumet is...。第一个 that 引导表语从句，第二个 that 引导定语从句，修饰 pressure。

【译文】他的观点是：这些人非同寻常的经理使其承受了独特的进化压力，从而形成了这一看似矛盾的状况。

【点拨】result in 意为“导致了...”;需注意它与 result from 的区别，后者意为“由...引起的，起因于”。

【临摹】那次交通事故使她双目失明了。

临摹答案

5. That traffic accident resulted in her blindness of both eyes./Her blindness of both eyes resulted from that traffic accident.

1 elites   

精华( elite的名词复数 )； 精锐； 上层集团； （统称）掌权人物

参考例句：

• The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
• Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。

2 evolutionary   

adj.进化的；演化的，演变的；[生]进化论的

参考例句：

• Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
• These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。