20180718英语长难句
发布时间:2018-07-18 07:03今日长难句
Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
trace / treis / v.追溯;追究
intellectualism / ˌintəˈlektʃuəlizəm / n.理智主义,知性主义
anything but 丝毫不,远不,远非
counterbalance / ˌkauntəˈbæləns / n.抗衡;抵消
distaste / disˈteist / n.不喜欢;反感;厌恶
intellectual / ˌintəˈlektʃuəl / n.智力的;脑力的
pursuit / pəˈsju:t / n.追求
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你需要知道
in our school为介词短语作后置定语修饰anti-intellectualism,如将其理解为地点状语也不会影响句子含义的理解。
anything but...根本不,决不,I have anything but money. 我啥都有就是没钱。nothing but...只有,只不过,I have nothing but money. 我别的没有只有钱。
翻译
Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
拉维奇新作《落后:学校改革失败的一个世纪》追溯了在学校里存在的反才智主义的根源,并得出结论:美国学校绝没有成为一种抗衡美国人厌恶才智追求的力量。