2017年8月7日口碑课程网考研英语长难句解析

今日长难句

A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, cause problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic life like robots will mean people may not be able to distinguish between their human friends and the droids.

句子分析

一、这个句子是并列句。该句由while连接的并列分句组成。

二、第一个分句的主干为 A boom…will…cause problems 。

三、 in neighborhood surveillance cameras 是 boom 的后置定语，翻译时应当前置，译作“住宅区附近监视器的激增”; for example 为插入语，按照汉语习惯，翻译时提到句前;while 后分句包含省略了引导词的 mean 的宾语从句，从句包含 distinguish between ...and... 结构。

参考译文比方说，居民区迅速增加的监视摄像机将在2010年引发各种问题;而人造仿真机器人的出现将意味着人们可能无法区分谁是他们的人类朋友，谁是冒牌货。

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