【真题例句1】
While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians,modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.
【解析】
可拆分为:While there are almost as many definitions of history //as there are historians,// modern practice most closely conforms to one // that sees history //as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.
主句:modern practice most closely conforms to one;从句:让步状语从句While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians;比较状语从句as there are historians;定语从句that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past修饰one。
主干结构是While there are almost as... as there are... 主句,While引导让步状语从句,此句与汉语句序符合汉语习惯未作调整,仍放于主句前。从句中as... as结构是比较级,这句话直译为“有多少历史学家,就有多少关于历史的定义。
【参考译文】
几乎每个历史学家对史学都有自己的界定,但现代史学家的实践最趋向于认为,历史学是试图重现过去的重大史实并对其做出解释。