英语长难句 [040]

序号 040

Possibly the easiest way of demonstrating this—and thus falsifying any naive or Aristotelian understandings of gravity and motion in pupils’ minds—is to drop two objects of noticeably different weights but similar frontal areas to show that they hit the ground simultaneously.

1. 句子主干结构分析

主句: Possibly the easiest way […] is to drop two objects […] to show that they hit the ground simultaneously. (或许最简单的方法是抛下两个物体,以证明它们同时落地)

核心扩展:

  1. 动名词短语(表方法目的)of demonstrating this (用于演示这一点)
    • this 指代前文提到的科学原理(如重力加速度与质量无关)
  2. 插入语(破折号间补充说明)—and thus falsifying […] in pupils’ minds— (从而证伪学生心中朴素或亚里士多德式的运动观)
    • thus 表示结果,连接演示行为与教育目标
    • naïve or Aristotelian understandings 指学生可能持有的错误观念(如“重物下落更快”)
  3. 实验对象特征of noticeably different weights but similar frontal areas (重量显著不同但迎风面积相似)
    • but 强调变量控制(仅改变重量,保持其他条件一致)
  4. 目的状语(不定式)to show that […] simultaneously (以证明同时落地)

2. 逻辑关系图

主句:The easiest way is to drop two objects  
│  
├─ 方法目的1(动名词):  
│  demonstrating this (e.g., gravity principles)  
│  
├─ 插入语(教育意义):  
│  —thus falsifying students’ misconceptions—  
│  
├─ 实验设计:  
│  objects with different weights but similar shapes  
│  
└─ 实验目标(不定式):  
   to show simultaneous impact  

3. 语法亮点

  1. 破折号的强化逻辑
    • 通过 —…— 将教育意义(证伪错误观念)嵌入方法论,强调科学实验的双重功能(验证与纠错)。
  2. 变量控制的精准描述
    • different weights but similar frontal areas 体现实验设计中的变量隔离(仅改变质量,保持空气阻力相近)。
  3. 学术委婉语气
    • Possibly 弱化绝对性,体现科学讨论的开放性;naïve 委婉指代“非科学的”,避免贬义。
  4. 历史术语引用
    • Aristotelian understandings 直接关联科学史,将教学案例置于学科发展脉络中。

4. 翻译参考

或许,证明这一点、并推翻学生心中对重力与运动任何天真或亚里士多德式的误解,的最简单方法,是抛下两个重量明显不同但迎风面积相似的物体,来展示它们会同时落地。


类似结构例句

Arguably the most straightforward approach to debunking the myth of “cold fusion”—and thereby challenging pseudoscientific claims in public discourse—is to replicate the experiment under rigorously controlled conditions, demonstrating no excess heat generation beyond measurement errors.

翻译: 可以说,驳斥“冷核聚变”谣言,同时挑战公众讨论中伪科学主张,最直接方法,是在严格控制的条件下重复该实验,证明除测量误差外并无多余的热量产生。


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  1. 来源 Can you teach physics without a good rock?
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