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Fragment Surface Earth Intersecting Impact View Ejecting Martian Event

en An impact capable of ejecting a fragment of the Martian surface into an Earth-intersecting orbit is even less probable than such an event on the Moon, in view of the Moon's smaller size and closer proximity to Earth.
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意群训练: An impac t capable of ejectin g a fragment o f the Martian surface int o an Earth-intersecting orbi t is even less probabl e than such an even t on the Moonin view o f the Moon's smaller siz e and closer proximit y to Earth .

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标志: An impact on Mars (capable of eject ing a fragment of the Martian surface into an Earth-intersecting orbit) is even less probable /than such an event on the Moon/,/in view of the Moon's smaller size and closer proximity to Earth/.

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译文: 一个 (能够把火星表面的碎片射入地球交叉轨道的)碰撞 发生 的可能甚至小/于这种事件 在月亮上发生的可能性 /,/考虑到 月亮的更小的尺寸及其与地球接近的程度/。

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解释: in view of的意思是考虑到,由于,等于because of。本句粗看上去十分简单,可是你看完之后会发现本句十分难懂。这句话的意思很容易被理解成:如果考虑到月亮的尺寸和与地球的距离的话,火星碎片被撞击所发射到地球上的几率,要小于发射到月亮上的几率。有点常识的人就会知道这是不可能的:月亮比地球小得多,而且与火星的距离也与地球类似,碎片射到月亮上的几率怎么会反而高呢?这里的关键在于such an event 在文章中指什么,如果是指把火星碎片射到月亮上,那么本句的意思当然是荒谬的;可是如果是指把月亮的碎片发射到地球上,那么本句的意思就对了。实际上句首的An impact之后被省略了一个on Mars ,所以原文的such an event on moon,指的是An impact (on moon) (capable of ejecting a fragment of the lunar surface into an Earth-intersecting orbit),因此如果把原文补全,则句子就变成了下面的样子:

An impact (capable of ejecting a fragment of the Martian surface into an Earth-intersecting orbit) is even less probable than an impact (on moon) (capable of ejecting a fragment of the lunar surface into an Earth-intersecting orbit), in view of the Moon's smaller size and closer proximity to Earth.

这个意思是可以理解的。

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