2018考研英語長難句分析指導(dǎo)（十一）

　　The story of the discovery of what is now generally called the principle of Archimedes，namely that a solid body when immersed in a liquid loses a portion of its weight of the liquid it displaces，has many different versions，of which the following is one.

　　結(jié)構(gòu)分析:句子的框架是The story…h(huán)as many different versions…。what is now generally called the principle of Archimedes為名詞性從句做介詞of的賓語。namely that a solid body…作the principle of Archimedes的同位語;when immersed in a liquid是省略了主語的過去分詞短語，句子補充完整為when the solid body is immersed in a liquid，修飾其主句a solid body loses a portion of its weight of the liquid…;it displaces是省略了關(guān)系代詞that的定語從句修飾the liquid，it代指前面提到的the solid body;同時，of which the following is one又構(gòu)成先行詞versions的定語從句。displace意為“排(水)”;version不譯為“版本”，此處指“根據(jù)個人觀點的(對事件等的)說法，看法”;句尾的one代指a version。

　　譯文:當(dāng)固體浸沒到液體中時，固體會失去它所排出的液體的那部分重量，這就是現(xiàn)在通常所謂的阿基米德原理。有關(guān)這一發(fā)現(xiàn)的故事說法眾多，下面的故事就是其中之一。