例139 The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well-studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas of fabricating their data.
【结构分析】这句话是个典型so...that...,主干是The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well-studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia,后面是结果状语从句that some scholars even accused Boas of fabricating their data。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于so...that...的成功使用,很有穿透力的句子,而且整个句子相对简洁,但是不缺乏活力。
【核心词汇】
newly described languages 新近描述的语言
strikingly different 巨大区别
well-studied 仔细研究的
accuse...of... 指责
fabricate 编造
【参考译文】这些最近被大家所描述的语言经常与那些被我们仔细研究的欧洲和东南亚国家的语言有如此大的不同,以至于有些学者甚至谴责Boas伪造他们相关的数据。