考研英語長難句｜Day151

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今日長難句

Being interested in the relationship of language and thought,Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society.

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詞彙解析

develop 形成

determine 決定

habitual adj.習慣性的;成癮的

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結構分析

主幹:主Whorf+謂 developed+賓the idea

修飾:that 引導同位語從句，解釋idea 具體內容

修飾:現在分詞 being interested 作狀語，修飾主幹，即:as Whorf is interested in...

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參考譯文

因爲對於語言和思維的關係感興趣，Whorf(通過研究)逐漸形成這種觀點:即一個社會中，語言的結構，決定了，性思維的結構。