例257 A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of the research but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper.
【結構分析】這句話是典型的固定搭配,not simply...but also...是個并列句,主語是A comparison of British geological publications,后面加上介詞短語over the last century and a half,動詞是reveals,第一個賓語是not simply后面的an increasing emphasis on the primacy of the research,第二個賓語是but also后面的a changing definition of...,后面加上賓語從句what constitutes an acceptable research paper。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于not simply...but also...的成功使用,相當于not only...but also...,但是比后者更生動,表示遞進關系。
【核心詞匯】
a comparison of 比較
British geological publications 英國地質(zhì)學研究刊物
the primacy of the research 調(diào)查的重要性
a changing definition 改變的定語
constitute 構成
【參考譯文】比較近一個半世紀的英國地質(zhì)學的刊物可以發(fā)現(xiàn),這些刊物不僅注重研究調(diào)查的重要性,而且改變了什么叫做合格研究論文的定義。