英语长难句 [044]
序号 044
One of the most important things I didn’t understand about the world when I was a child is the degree to which the returns for performance are superlinear.
1. 句子主干结构分析
主句: One of the most important things […] is the degree to which the returns for performance are superlinear. (我童年时对世界最不理解的重要现象,是绩效回报的超线性程度)
核心扩展:
- 定语从句1(修饰things):
I didn’t understand about the world when I was a child
(我童年时不理解的关于世界的现象)
- 时间状语:when I was a child(童年时)
- 表语从句(由the degree to which引导):
the returns for performance are superlinear
(绩效回报呈超线性关系)
- the degree to which 量化描述超线性的程度
- 专业术语:superlinear(超线性,指输出增长快于输入增长)
2. 逻辑关系图
主句:One of the most important things [...] is the degree [...]
│
├─ **主语部分**:
│ One of the most important things
│ │
│ └─ **定语从句(修饰things)**:
│ │
│ ├─ 不理解的内容:I didn't understand about the world
│ │
│ └─ **时间状语**:
│ when I was a child
│
└─ **表语部分**:
the degree to which [...]
│
└─ **表语从句(具体说明degree)**:
the returns for performance are superlinear
(绩效回报呈超线性关系)
3. 语法亮点
- 认知反差构建:
- most important things I didn’t understand 通过“最重要”与“不理解”的矛盾,制造悬念,引出核心观点。
- 学术术语的生活化应用:
- superlinear 本是数学/经济学概念,此处用于描述普遍社会现象(绩效回报),体现跨学科思维。
- 程度量化的精准表达:
- the degree to which 避免绝对化表述,暗示超线性关系的可变量级。
- 时间对比的隐含批判:
- when I was a child 暗含“成年人应理解此现象”的预期,批判教育中对非线性思维的忽视。
4. 翻译参考
One of the most important things I didn’t understand about the world when I was a child is the degree to which the returns for performance are superlinear.
当我还是个孩子的时候,我对这个世界最不了解的事情之一,就是业绩回报的超线性程度。
5. 👣 One More Step
A fundamental realization that eluded me in my early career was the extent to which network effects create exponential value growth, where each additional user increases a platform’s worth disproportionately.
翻译: 我在职业生涯早期未能领悟的一个基本认知,是网络效应创造指数级价值增长的程度——即每新增一个用户都会以不成比例的方式提升平台价值。
备注:
- 来源于 Paul Graham - Superlinear Returns;
- 本文创作由 DeepSeek 协助。