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Broods Opposing Sinistral Dextrality Surprisingly Possess Snails Predominantly

en However, some broods possess a few snails of the opposing hand, and in predominantly sinistral broods, the incidence of dextrality is surprisingly high.
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意群训练: Howeversome broods posses s a few snail s of the opposing handand in predominantl y sinistral broodsthe incidenc e of dextrality is surprisingly high .

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标志: However, some broods possess a few snails of the opposing handand in predominantly sinistral broods, / the incidence of dextrality is surprisingly high.

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译文: 可是一些窝中 会有一些相反旋向的蜗牛而且 /在主要是左旋的窝当中/,出现右旋的几率 令人惊奇地高

tips 请思考:如果本句话的前提是:所有的snail的hand只能有两种:sinistral versus dextral,那么作者真正想说的是什么 ?
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解释: 本句貌不惊人,实无难句之伟岸雄姿,然而不知在考试中难倒了多少英雄好汉。原文的表面意思简单至极:一些窝中会有一些相反旋向的蜗牛;在左旋为主的窝当中,出现右旋的几率是令人惊奇地高。关键是作者只是单纯地想说左旋窝的右旋几率么?什么是高,是绝对值还是相对值?如果是相对值,那么是与什么相比呢?

这么一提示,读者可能会发现作者的言外之意。作者的真实意图,是想将两种窝的情况做一个对比,把句子补全就是:在左旋窝中会出现右旋,右旋窝中有左旋;而左旋窝中的右旋数量要远远高于右旋窝中的左旋数量。这篇文章对这句话出了一道题,答案就是——右旋窝中的左旋数量少于左旋窝中的右旋数量。

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type 正话反说(或暗含的强对比)
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