医学英语考博前辅导

医学考博英语长难句型解析（八）

　　27. Robert Fulton once wrote, "The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheel, etc, like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea".

　　【句式分析】

　　① 句子主干：Robert Fulton once wrote, “The mechanic should sit down...”。

　　② 介词短语做定语：like a poet among the letters of the alphabet，补充完整为定语从句是：who islike a poet among the letters of the alphabet。

　　③ 现在分词作状语：considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts

　　④ 非限定定语从句：in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea，用来修饰先行词 an exhibition of his thoughts。

　　【翻译】

　　罗伯特·法欧特曾经这样写到：“一个技师会坐在杠杆、螺丝钉、楔子、轮子等等当中，就像一个诗人沉浸在字母表的字母中，把这些字母看成自己思想的展示，在这样的展示中，每种新的次序安排都传达了——种新的思想。”