20171123 长难句每日一句

【昨日回顾】

The standardized educational or psychological tests that are widely used to aid in selecting，classifying，assigning，or promoting students，employees，and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books，magazines，the daily press，and even in Congress.

译文1：广泛应用于协助选拔、委派或提拔学生、雇员和军事人员的标准化教育测试或心理测试一直是某些人近年来在书本、杂志、日报，甚至国会中进行抨击的目标。

译文2：

标准化教育测试或心理测试广泛应用于协助选拔、委派或提拔学生、雇员和军事人员；这些测试一直是某些人近年来在书本、杂志、日报，甚至国会中进行抨击的目标。

【今日长难句】

The tests themselves are merely tools，with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. The target is wrong，for in attacking the tests，critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users.

【句子分析】

1. 首句主干为主系表结构= the tests themselves /are /merely tools.

二句修饰成分如下：with characteristics 为介词短语，对整句话做补充说明，with 之后的内容较短时可译为单句，见本句参考译文；with之后内容较短时，可译为短语，如：Sky entered the classroom, with smiles on his face. = Sky面带微笑走进了教室。

2. that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. 为定语从句，修饰characteristics

3. 二句主干：the target is wrong；修饰成分：for引导原因状语从句，从句主干为critics divert attention

【基础必备词】

merely adv. 仅仅，只不过；只是

characteristics n. 特征；特性；特色

measure n. 测量；措施；程度；尺寸 vt. 测量；估量；权衡

reasonable adj. 合理的，公道的；通情达理的

precision n. 精度，[数] 精密度；精确

specified adj. 规定的；详细说明的

target n.目标

attack vt. 攻击

critic n. 批评家，评论家

divert vt. 转移；使…欢娱；使…转向

divert attention from 直译为：将注意力从。。。转译，结合语境意译为：忽略、未能注意到

fault n. 故障；错误；缺点；毛病

lie with… 是…的权利；是…的责任；取决于

ill-informed adj. 所知不多的；消息不灵通的

incompetent adj. 无能力的，不胜任的；不合适的

【参考译文】

这些测试本身只是一种工具。它的各种特性可以在规定条件下用适当的精度来测定。这种抨击目标是错误的，因为在抨击这类测试时，批评者没有注意到其弊病来自测试使用者对测试的不了解或自身的能力不足。

【明日预告】

Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in Canadian institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.

20171123 长难句每日一句

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