61 Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.
[結(jié)構(gòu)分析]
Furthermore, humans have the ability / to modify the environment / in which they live, / thus subjecting all other life forms / to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.
這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。furthermore副詞作狀語(yǔ)修飾整個(gè)句子;human have the ability是主句，to modify the environment是不定式作定語(yǔ)修飾名詞 the ability;in which...引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語(yǔ)從句修飾名詞the environment;thus subjecting ...to...現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)作結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)。
[詞義推敲]
modify the environment 改變環(huán)境
subject...to... 使服從、從屬于; 在……的影響之下
peculiar (個(gè)人或團(tuán)體)特有的,獨(dú)具的;獨(dú)特的
fancy 想象; 想象力; 幻想
[翻譯潤(rùn)色]
Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live而且，人類(lèi)還有能力改變自己的生存環(huán)境
...thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies. 從而是讓所有其他形態(tài)的生命服從人類(lèi)自己獨(dú)特的想法和想象。
[參考譯文]
而且，人類(lèi)還有能力改變自己的生存環(huán)境，從而讓所有其他形態(tài)的生命服從人類(lèi)自己獨(dú)特的想法和想象。
62 Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
[結(jié)構(gòu)分析]
Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry / which seeks to study humans and their endeavors // in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner // that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry 是主句;which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner 是定語(yǔ)從句修飾名詞intellectual enquiry;that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena 是定語(yǔ)從句修飾名詞manner。
[詞義推敲]
seek to力圖
study humans and their endeavors研究人類(lèi)及人類(lèi)的行為
intellectual enquiry 知識(shí)探索
dispassioned 不帶感情的，客觀的
[翻譯潤(rùn)色]
Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry 社會(huì)科學(xué)是知識(shí)探索的一個(gè)分支
which seeks to study humans and their endeavors 它力圖研究人類(lèi)及人類(lèi)的行為
in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner 用理性的、有序的、系統(tǒng)的和冷靜的方式
that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena. 自然科學(xué)家用于研究自然現(xiàn)象
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