Hydrocarbons, with which fruit flies perfume themselves in species-specific blends, are known to be important in courtship, and apparently this assists flies that taste the hydrocarbons on prospective mates to distinguish their own species from that of others.
A.and apparently this assists flies that taste the hydrocarbons on prospective mates to distinguish their own species from that of
B.and apparently this assists flies when they taste the hydrocarbons on prospective mates in distinguishing their own species from those of
C.which apparently assists flies that tastes the hydrocarbons on prospective mates in being able to distinguish their own species from
D.apparently assisting flies to taste the hydrocarbons on prospective mates to distinguish their own species from those of
E.apparently assisting flies that taste the hydrocarbons on prospective mates in distinguishing their own species from
关于D,E的取舍，前人讨论多集中在those的指代和assist的用法上。我想问另外一个问题：如D所示，此apparently assisting flies to 。。形式的逻辑主语是什么？是hydrocarbons还是courtship？若是courtship则有指代不清之嫌啊，若是H,那么怎么可能翻译为 H 协助苍蝇吃了H？ 故我选了没有这个问题的E。
assist files to taste... to distinguish..., to distinguish 是 to taste的目的, to taste是assist files去做的动作... those of others = species of others 与 their species并列 不知道这样理解对么
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发表于 2010-5-23 19:08:23
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