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翻译:It could be that that is not a bad first...

2024-11-17 14:34:14 学考宝作者：佚名

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问题描述

请问这句话该如何翻译？

It could be that that is not a bad first approximation, maybe more than that.

老师答疑

刘老师：

It could be that that is not a bad first approximation, maybe more than that.

【翻译】情况可能是，这是一个不坏的近似值，也许更精确。（计算机语言不建议用“糟糕”二字）

【分析】It could be that...是一种表达“推测”的句式，意为“（情况）可能......，（情况）也许......”。that引导表语从句，不是主语从句！

又如：

It could be that she will have a son. 也许她会生个儿子。

It could be that you are using a web browser that our site doesn't support. 可能你使用某种不适用本网站的浏览器。

It could be that computers are better at compressing audio than they are at understanding music. 也许可以说，计算机在音乐理解方面的表现与其在音频压缩方面相比，实在差强人意。

It could be that your picture was deemed indecent and could offend other people in our site. 可能你的相片不妥或可能冒犯本网站的其它使用者。

1. It不是形式主语，而是指代某种情况。就像it指代“时间，日期，距离，天气，气氛”等，它也可以指代“情况”。

2. 如果it是形式主语的话，那么真实主语是什么？that从句吗？如果是，那么be的表语哪里去了？显然，that从句是表语从句。

3. 所给句子中，第一个that是从属连词，第二个that是指示代词，换成this也可。最后一个that仍然是代词，指两个相对事物中较前的那个。

王老师：

与English Expert 商榷

对不起啊，我又提出质疑了，我们目的都是学好英语，便于共同提高。

关于It could be that that is not a bad first approximation, maybe more than that. 我认为这就是一个表语从句，不是什么强调句，更不是定语从句。It could be that =It seems that 表示不完全肯定的推测，所以作者后面用了maybe more than that.

另外，前句中的FL, 你理解为外语，我觉得更可能是functional language. 感觉这是一篇和语言学有关的文章。我不是搞这个专业的，理解不对的，请更多熟悉语言学的老师补充更正。

陈老师：

请问这句话该如何翻译？

(1)以下是2个that的理解

It could bethat that is not a bad first approximation, maybe more than that.

它也许并不一个槽糕(错误的）第一近似值，也许/可能还不只是那样.

以上句子语法结构分析

主语：It

谓语：could be

引导表语从句连词：that

表语从句：that is not a bad first approximation ,maybe more than

引导表语从句连词：that

表语从句主语：that（指示代词）