復雜的比較級的拆分和理解 例174

例174　Science that promotes the innovation of our social productivity and service moves forward not so much through the insights of great men that play a pioneering role in our society as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools.

【結構分析】這句話考的是比較級not so much...as...，翻譯為與其說……不如說……，主語是Science，動詞是moves forward through，賓語是the insights of great men，定語從句that promotes the innovation of our social productivity and service修飾前面的主語science，定語從句that play a pioneering role in our society修飾前面的賓語the insights of great men, as后面是介詞短語做狀語，也就是because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于比較級not so much...as...，否定前面，強調后面，比如I am not so much rich as talented（與其說我有錢，不如說我有才）。這種句型作文可以寫，很經典。

【核心詞匯】

innovation　創(chuàng)新

social productivity　社會生產力

move forward　進步

insight　洞察力

play a pioneering role　其領導性作用

improved techniques and tools　更新的技術和工具

【參考譯文】科學促進了社會生產力和服務的創(chuàng)新，科學進步并不是取決于在社會上起領導作用的人的洞察力，而是取決于普通的事情，比如更新的技術和工具。