考研英語長難句|Day30

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今日長難句

He suspects that “the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”— the spread of human rights, as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

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詞彙解析

profitability [ˌprɑfɪtəˈbɪlɪti] n. 盈利

literacy /ˈlɪtərəsi/ n. 識字,讀寫能力

spark /spɑːrk/ v. 引發,觸發

humanitarian /hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/ adj. 人道主義的

revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ n. 革命

crystallize /ˈkrɪstəlaɪz/ v. (使)具體化,(使)明確化

declaration /ˌdekləˈreɪʃn/ n. 宣言;聲明

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結構分析

✔句子主幹:

He suspects that...

✔賓語從句:

“the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”

✔同位語:

the spread of human rights

✔定語:

as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

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參考譯文

He suspects that “the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”— the spread of human rights, as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

他認爲,“文字和識字率的增長”引發了“人道主義革命”,即人權的傳播,1776 年的《美國獨立宣言》和 1789 年的《法國人權和公民權利宣言》就是人權傳播的具象體現。