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Caffeine Adenosine Effects Stimulatory Series Dislodge Brains Buttress

en To buttress their case that caffeine acts instead by preventing adenosine binding, Snyder et al compared the stimulatory effects of a series of caffeine derivatives with their ability to dislodge adenosine from its receptors in the brains of mice.
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意群训练: To buttress their cas e that caffeine act s instead by preventing adenosine bindingSnyder et al compare d the stimulatory effects of a series o f caffeine derivative s with their abilit y to dislodge adenosine from its receptor s in the brains of mice .

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标志: /To buttress their case (that caffeine acts /instead by preventing adenosine binding/)/, Snyder et al compared the stimulatory effects (of a series of caffeine derivatives) with their ability (to dislodge adenosine from its receptors in the brains of mice).

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译文: /为了支持他们所说的情况, ( 咖啡因 /相反是通过防止adenosine的附着/而起作用的 )/, Snyder等人 比较了 (一系列的咖啡因的衍生物的)刺激性效果 它们 (在老鼠大脑中把adenosine从其接受器上除去)的能力

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解释: 在本句中, 逗号以后的主句难以看懂。首先, 被compare...with...用来比较的双方的语言描述不但复杂, 而且充斥着种种专有名词;而且, 由于我们以前常见的以compare...with...相比较的双方都是不同的事物, 而这里比较的是相同事物(caffeine derivatives)的不同类型的效果, 因此在读这句话的时候, 我们容易钻到“这两者间有可比性吗?”的牛角尖中。其实类似的考虑在现场纯属多余;既然在文章当中出现了这么个比较, 就意味着这种语言的表述一定是不存在错误的。读者在阅读现场, 特别是GMAT考试中遇到这种情况, 即对于现场实在无法理解的东西, 可以适当往下读上一两句再做理解, 往往作者会在下面的叙述中揭开谜底 , 本句也是如此。

在原文中再往下面读一句话, 大家即可发现, 本句的compare...with...的用法怪异!因为作者比较的并不是the stimulatory effects of a series of caffeine derivatives和their ability to dislodge adenosine from its receptors in the brains of mice这二者之间的不同, 而是在比较有着不同的stimulatory effects 的不同caffeine derivatives之间, 其在除去adenosine的能力上有何不同, 从而找出能够“buttress their case”的规律性来。这里的细微之处不太容易说清楚, 请允许笔者对原文做一个类比:

为了证明我的“辣椒是凭借其辣味来使人流泪的”这样一个观点, 我compared 各种辣椒使人流泪的效果with 它们的辣味刺激我的味觉的效果。结果我发现, 在各种不同的辣椒当中, 辣椒的辣味刺激我的效果越强, 则我哭得越伤心, 这不就验证了我的观点吗?

作为一种高级英语的阅读材料, GRE和GMAT考试中会出现大量的非常规或不常见的生僻的英语用法, 请读者注意根据上下文的内容灵活地判断其含义。

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