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Wind Vagaries Compensated Vast Expense Pollination Reproductive Process

en Traditionally, pollination by wind has been viewed as a reproductive process marked by random events in which the vagaries of the wind are compensated for by the generation of vast quantities of pollen, so that the ultimate production of new seeds is assured at the expense of producing much more pollen than is actually used.
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意群训练: Traditionallypollination by win d has been viewe d as a reproductive process marked by random event s in which th e vagaries of the wind are compensated fo r by the generatio n of vast quantitie s of pollenso that the ultimate productio n of new seed s is assure d at the expense of producing much more polle n than is actually used .

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标志: /Traditionally/,pollination by wind has been viewed as a reproductive process [marked by random events (in which the vagaries of the wind are compensated for /by the generation of vast quantities of pollen/)],so that the ultimate production (of new seeds) is assured /at the expense of producing much more pollen than is actually used/.

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译文: /传统上/,风媒传粉 被看成是一个这样的繁殖过程 :[其特征就是有一些随机事件的发生,(在这些随机事件里,风的反复无常 /被大量地产生的花粉/所补偿 )],以致于 (新种子的)最终产生 被保证了 ,/其代价是产生远远多于实际使用量的花粉/。

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解释: 笔者曾经遇到过一个同学,下课以后来找我,说这篇文章读得不好,因为首段的两句话看不懂。这篇文章的首段很长,但仅由两句话构成,不但讲述了老观点的内容,而且解释了这篇文章的主题(subject)的所在,从这里我们可以看出在现场迅速读懂难句的重要性。

marked by之后的内容是修饰reproductive process的。其后的random events后面又跟着一个定语从句来修饰它。从句中的被动语态the vagaries of the wind are compensated for /by the generation of vast quantities of pollen/有些特殊,因为文中不是按照中文的习惯说are compensated,而是说compensated for,这是由于主语the vagaries of the wind 并不是被补偿的对象,而是补偿的原因。后面的at the expense of是“以……为代价”的意思。

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