考研英语每日经典长难句分析 2018.10.25

· 长难句 ·

Actually, it isn’t, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.

· 词的处理 ·

assume / əˈsju:m / vt. 假设，假定

agreed / ə'gri:d / adj. 一致的

account / əˈkaunt / n. 解释，说明

agreed account 共识

· 句子翻译分析 ·

Actually, it isn’t, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.

译：事实并非如此，因为这种问法假定了人们对于人权有共同的认识，而这种共识并不存在。

1. 本句中it 指代上文中的问句“Do animals have rights?”

2. assume 一词，指假设，一般为“没有根据”的假设，往往是错误的

3. because 引导原因状语从句，从句主干为it /assumes /that there is an agreed account of human rights; 译为“这种问法假定了人们对于人权有共同的认识”

4. which is something the world does not have 为定语从句，修饰an agreed account of human rights. 当定从较长时，翻译时可单独处理成句。