介词短语在句中分析与翻译的实例04
46． If an engineer applies aformula or a tabulation or a curve blindly， without knowing its history，its accuracy and the limits of its sapplicability，the results that he obtains will be neither intelligent nor practical． 如果一个工程师盲目地应用一个公式、一张图表或一条曲线，而对它的来历、精确度和应用范围却一无所知，那么他所得到的结果既不明智，也不实际。(without．．．applicability介词短语作谓语applies的条件状语。that引导定语从句，在句中作obtains的宾语。) 47．The neutron carries no electrical charge and in some respects acts as though it were composed of a proton and electron combined，with the positive charge of the proton neutralized by the negative charge of the electron． 中子不带电荷，并且有点像是由质子和电子结合而成的，质子的正电荷被电子的负电荷中和了。(in somerespects，“在某些方面”，“有点”。act as though，“表现得似乎”。as though引导方式方法状语从句，其谓语常用虚拟语气。句末with引出介词复合结构，对前句的谓语作补充说明。) 48．We know that the rate of cooling from above the critical range will greatly change the structure and therefore the properties of any steel． 我们知道，从临界温度以上冷却的速率会大大改变任何一种钢的结构，从而会改变其性能。(from above．．，“从……以上"，是双重介词。) 49．Increasing problems of all kinds with fossil fuel power plants are turning power and utility companiesmoreandmore tOtheuseOfnuclearpoweredelectricgeneratingplants． 矿物燃料发电厂所产生的问题日益增多，这就促使电力公司和公用事业公司越来越倾向于采用核动力发电厂。(problem．．．with，“在……方面产生的问题”，with有表示“范围”。) 50．Ever since，people have had difficulty in deciding whether the hovercraft should be ranged among ships,planes，or land vehicles—for it is something in between a boat and anaircraft． 从那以后，人们感到很难确定把这种气垫船归为哪一类：船、飞机还是车辆，因为它是一种介于船与飞机之间的交通工具。(in between，“介于两者之间”，作定语修饰something。) 51．The electric resi[1] [2] [3]
