2016年考研英语指导：翻译例题解析（二）

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　　The physicist rightly dreads precise argument, since an argument that is convincing only if it is precise loses all its force if the assumptions on which it is based are slightly changed whereas an argument that is convincing though imprecise may well be stable under small perturbations of its underlying assumptions.
        　　解析：本句的定语从句较多，首先要分清主干，然后根据从句调整语序：since后的主干是：an argument loses all its force, argument 后的that引导的是定语从句修饰argument，if引导的是条件状语从句，if后的主干是：the assumptions are slightly changed. on which 修饰assumption, whereas后的主干是：an argument may well be stable. 其中that是引导argument的定语从句，under后面的是状语。
        　　参考翻译：科学家有理由担心精确的讨论，如果基于这个讨论的假设发生变化，那么这个值得信赖的讨论就会失去它所有的威力，然而在潜在的假设下，这个虽不精确但还值得信赖的讨论可能仍然值得担忧。
       
       
       
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