Slavery Suggests Critique Handlins Legal Assumptions Relation Racial

意群训练： A critiqu e of the Handlins' interpretatio n of why legal slavery did not appea r until the 1660' s suggests tha t assumptions about the relation betwee n slavery and racial prejudice should be reexamined , and that explanation s for the different treatmen t of Black slaves in North and South Americ a should be expanded .

标志： A critique ［of the Handlins' interpretation (of why legal slavery did not appear until the 1660's)］suggests that assumptions ［about the relation (between slavery and racial prejudice)］should be reexamined , and suggests that explanations {for the different treatment［of Black slaves (in North and South America)］should be expanded }.

译文： 一个 ［对于Handlins的（关于为何 法律上的奴隶制没有在17世纪60年代以前出现的原因）所做解释的］批评 显示 ，［（关于奴隶制和种族偏见之间的）关系的］假说 应当被重新检查，而且 显示出 ，{对于［（在北美和南美之间的）对黑奴的］不同处理的}解释 应当被扩展。

解释： 句子的主干清楚：A critique suggests that..., and suggests that...。但是因为句子的结构复杂、修饰成分多，再加上后面的and之后的suggests被省略，所以句子的结构很难被读出来。

本句中的suggest不再是“暗示”，而是“显示，说明”的意思，其同义词为：point, indicate, imply。

本句的两个suggest之后的宾语从句都根据语法的要求使用了虚拟语气。