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en Perhaps he believed that he could not criticize American foreign policy without endangering the support for civil rights that he had won from the federal government.
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意群训练: Perhaps he believe d that he could not criticiz e American foreign policy without endangerin g the support for civil right s that he had wo n from the federal government .

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标志: Perhaps he believed that he could not criticize American foreign policy /without endangering the support for civil rights (that he had won from the federal government)/.

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译文: 有可能相信 不能够既批评 美国的对外政策 ,/同时又不危及到(他从联邦政府那里已经获得的)对民权运动的支持/。

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解释: 单从语言上来讲,这句话并不难。但是我们可以发觉作者在句子中拐弯抹角的、双重否定的表达,想说的一定不是字面上的意思。

这是一个标准的正话反说:“ 有可能相信 不能够既批评 美国的对外政策, /同时又不危及到(他从联邦政府那里已经获得的)对民权运动的支持/”的实际意思就是:他可能相信,如果 批评 美国的对外政策 ,就有可能会危及到(他从联邦政府那里已经获得的)对民权运动的支持。

其实这是一个较为简单的思维转换,也是GRE和GMAT的阅读和逻辑中经常出现的表达方法。希望读者通过反复地训练,迅速习惯这种语言方式。

type 复杂修饰+正话反说(双重否定)
score 4
idx 110
category gre

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