2023考研英語長難句練習(xí)及解析(13)
One leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better.
【詞匯突破】authority 權(quán) 威harness 使……停止的意思;和stop 可以互換但是更加正式的表達(dá);還有一個單詞是curb,這個單詞表示控制的意思相當(dāng)于control,原意是韁繩的意思,這個單詞為考研常考詞。conscious 有意識的 intensely powerful mental event在原文中就等于dreams;
【主干識別】one leading authority says that+賓語從句;
【其他成分】賓語從句的主干是these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control; 并列連詞not only …but also…連接兩個并列的動詞harnessed 和 brought;to help us sleep and feel better 為目的狀語
【譯文賞析】而一名知名人士認(rèn)為,這些極其強(qiáng)烈的大腦活動不僅可以被抑制,實(shí)際上還可以受到意識的控制,進(jìn)而幫助我們睡眠,使我們感覺好一些。



