2017考研英语长难句分析每日一句(729) It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principlesof their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is a much finer apparatus andof course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.
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复合句。整个句子的主干为It is not that...;but that…。两个that均引导表语从句。第一个从句的主干为the scales…and the balance…differ;介词短语 in the one case和in the other作状语,分别指代前文提到的两个例子,翻译时需具体化,并译作前置定语;状语in the principles of their construction ormanner of working 按照汉语习惯,可译于谓语动词differ之前。第二个从句的主干为 the latter is a muchfiner apparatus and … much more accurate …than the former; in its measurement 作状语,前置译;than the former可译于该分句句 首“与前者相比”。