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在新概念英语第4册第47课里有一句:
Granted, a snobbery11 of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists; but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with.(诚然,露营地本身也存在以露营装备和方式取人的势利现象,但如果有这种情况,露营者也容易理解,知道如何对付。) it is of a kind that这个句子用词简单,但是意味不同寻常。 of a kind的意义词典下的定义是:used to say that something is not as good as it should be(用于表达某事并没有应该那个样子)。结合课文。前一句讲有炫耀露营装备和方式现象,针对这一现象,作者用Granted加以评论,承认这一现象存在,但是并不改变作者的另外一个观点,就是露营者不在乎,没有等级,于是用it is of a kind that与Granted相呼应,of a kind 表达了:虽然有炫耀露营装备和方式现象,应该有一般势力那样,互相攀比,等级森严,但是没有,有的是 he can readily understand and deal with露营者也容易理解,知道如何对付。用英语解释大意就是:
he should pay attention to those who show off equipment and techniques,but in fact they do not care. |
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