The non-starters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt , begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines"
The non-starters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt , begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines"
ls的翻译和杨鹏长难句给的解释恰好相反
落伍者被认为是那些(需要稳定的人,需要一个强有力的仲裁者来在竞争中给他们一个位置;一只调节性的收来制止住狂热的投机;一个权威来让事情停止,从一个补偿性错开的“起跑线”上重新开始)。
杨老师认为是四个平行省略了who wanted, i.e. who wanted stability, who wanted a strong referee..., who wanted a regulative hand...; who wanted an authority..., begin things again...
附上原文,感觉杨老师解释的更加合理,只是这四个平行为什么没有and呢?begin的主语是who wanted an authority吗?应该是第四个平行分成了两个句子所以和前面的三个平行用分号隔开,以免ambiguity。
Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system is the most efficient economic system. Maximum freedom means maximum productiveness; our "openness" is to be the measure of our stability. Fascination with this ideal has made Americans defy the "Old World" categories of settled possessiveness versus unsettling deprivation, the cupidity of retention versus the cupidity of seizure, a "status quo" defended or attacked. The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. Our only "station" was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. We did not base our system on property but opportunity-which meant we based it not on stability but on mobility. The more things changed, that is, the more rapidly the wheel turned, the steadier we would be. The conventional picture of class politics is composed of the Haves, who want a stability to keep what they have, and the Have-Nots, who want a touch of instability and change in which to scramble for the things they have not. But Americans imagined a condition in which speculators, self-makers, runners are always using the new opportunities given by our land. These economic leaders (front-runners) would thus be mainly agents of change. The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; an authority that can call things to a halt, begin things again from compensatorily staggered "starting lines."
貌似应该是:
The nonstarters were considered the ones [who wanted stability, who wanted a strong referee to give them some position in the race, who wanted a regulative hand to calm manic speculation; who wanted an authority (that can call things to a halt, that can begin things again from compensatorily staggered “starting lines”)].