研英翻译演练(21)
<p> <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="offences">offences</span>,<span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="that">that</span>,<span word="generally">generally</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>,<span word="custodial">custodial</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>,<span word="except">except</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span>,<span word="do">do</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>.</p><p> 要点：这是一个主从复合句。<span word="while">while</span>在这里不是表示时间，意思是而。<span word="tell">tell</span>的直接宾语是两个由<span word="that">that</span>引导的从句：<span word="that">that</span> <span word="custodial">custodial</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="good">good</span>和<span word="that">that</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>。<span word="except">except</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span>本事第一个<span word="that">that</span>从句的状语，但因为过长，所以插在主语和谓语之间。再者，这两个从句中的比较结构是完全不同的：<span word="harm">harm</span>和<span word="good">good</span>都是<span word="do">do</span>的宾语，是在宾语中的比较，而<span word="than">than</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>是两个句子之间比较，<span word="long">long</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>后省略的谓语<span word="do">do</span>(<span word="harm">harm</span>)。</p><p> 译文：社会上许多人期盼着对大多数罪行判处较长时间的刑期，不过，专家们告诉我们，一般的说，特殊情况外，判处监禁的弊大于利，短期监禁的危害性可能小于长期监禁。</p><p> </p>
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