2018考研英語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句分析指導(dǎo)（十）

　　These new observational capabilities would result in simply a mass of details were it not for the fact that theoretical understanding has reached the stage at which it is becoming possible to indicate the kind of measurements required for reliable weather forecasting.

　　結(jié)構(gòu)分析:句子的框架是These new observational capabilities would result in simply a mass of details…。后面緊跟省略了if引導(dǎo)的虛擬條件句were it not for the fact that…，即if it were not for the fact that…;that從句作the fact的同位語(yǔ)從句。此從句中又套嵌一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾其先行詞the stage; required for reliable weather forecasting為過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)修飾the kind of measurements。simply譯為“只不過(guò)，僅僅”，不應(yīng)譯為“簡(jiǎn)單地”。

　　譯文：理論上的認(rèn)識(shí)已達(dá)到了這樣一個(gè)階段,即現(xiàn)在已能指出需要哪種測(cè)量方式才能可靠地預(yù)報(bào)天氣。如果做不到這一點(diǎn)，那么上述這些新的觀察能力只不過(guò)提供了一大堆細(xì)節(jié)而已。