攻克GRE阅读之经典长难句练习1
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="physicist">physicist</span> <span word="rightly">rightly</span> <span word="dreads">dreads</span> <span word="preciseargument">preciseargument</span>，<span word="since">since</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="isconvincingonly">isconvincingonly</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="precise">precise</span> <span word="loses">loses</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="theassumptions">theassumptions</span> <span word="onwhich">onwhich</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="slightlychanged">slightlychanged</span>，<span word="whereas">whereas</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="convincingthough">convincingthough</span> <span word="imprecise">imprecise</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="stable">stable</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="smallperturbations">smallperturbations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="underlying">underlying</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span>. (5+)</p><p>物理学家恐惧于那些精确无误的论据不无道理，因为某种只有在它是精确无误的条件下才令人置信的论据，一旦它赖于建立其上的假设稍有变化，便会失去它一部的作用;而与此相反，一个尽管并不精确无误但却令人置信的论据，在其基本假设(<span word="underlying">underlying</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span>)稍微受干扰的情况下，仍然有可能是站得住脚的。</p><p>难句类型：复杂修饰</p><p>解释：本句在文章中就是一个自然段，虽然长度比不上前面第一章中所举的那个长达10行的例子，但是难度绝不在那句话之下。本句堪称句子的大杂烩，连主句带从句居然一共有八个。从大往小说，由<span word="whereas">whereas</span>连接了两个大句子，<span word="whereas">whereas</span>后面的句子中的主语<span word="an">an</span> <span word="augument">augument</span>之后又跟了一个定语从句<span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="convincingthough">convincingthough</span> <span word="imprecise">imprecise</span>， 修饰<span word="augument">augument</span>。<span word="whereas">whereas</span>前面共有六个句子，由<span word="the">the</span> <span word="physicist">physicist</span>作主语的主句;由<span word="since">since</span>引导的原因状语从句，修饰<span word="since">since</span>从句中主语<span word="an">an</span> <span word="augument">augument</span>的由<span word="that">that</span>引导的定语从句，此定语从句中的条件状语从句<span word="only">only</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="precise">precise</span>; <span word="since">since</span>从句中的条件状语从句<span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="isbased">isbased</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="slightly">slightly</span> <span word="changed">changed</span>,以及修饰此从句中的主语<span word="assumptions">assumptions</span>的定语从句<span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span>一共八个句子，从句套从句，实在令人叹为观止。</p>
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