考研英语长难句｜Day30

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今日长难句

He suspects that “the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”— the spread of human rights, as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

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词汇解析

profitability [ˌprɑfɪtəˈbɪlɪti] n. 盈利

literacy /ˈlɪtərəsi/ n. 识字，读写能力

spark /spɑːrk/ v. 引发，触发

humanitarian /hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/ adj. 人道主义的

revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ n. 革命

crystallize /ˈkrɪstəlaɪz/ v. （使）具体化，（使）明确化

declaration /ˌdekləˈreɪʃn/ n. 宣言；声明

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结构分析

✔句子主干：

He suspects that...

✔宾语从句：

“the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”

✔同位语：

the spread of human rights

✔定语：

as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

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参考译文

He suspects that “the growth of writing and literacy” sparked the “Humanitarian Revolution”— the spread of human rights, as crystallized in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.

他认为，“文字和识字率的增长”引发了“人道主义革命”，即人权的传播，1776 年的《美国独立宣言》和 1789 年的《法国人权和公民权利宣言》就是人权传播的具象体现。