例257 A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of the research but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper.
【结构分析】这句话是典型的固定搭配,not simply...but also...是个并列句,主语是A comparison of British geological publications,后面加上介词短语over the last century and a half,动词是reveals,第一个宾语是not simply后面的an increasing emphasis on the primacy of the research,第二个宾语是but also后面的a changing definition of...,后面加上宾语从句what constitutes an acceptable research paper。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于not simply...but also...的成功使用,相当于not only...but also...,但是比后者更生动,表示递进关系。
【核心词汇】
a comparison of 比较
British geological publications 英国地质学研究刊物
the primacy of the research 调查的重要性
a changing definition 改变的定语
constitute 构成
【参考译文】比较近一个半世纪的英国地质学的刊物可以发现,这些刊物不仅注重研究调查的重要性,而且改变了什么叫做合格研究论文的定义。