an agreed account 如何理解
2024-10-12 12:31:46 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
Do animals have rights?This is how the question is usually put.It sounds like a useful,ground-clearing way to start.Actually,it isn't,because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.
句子中的 an agreed account 如何理解？求解析，英语达人!
老师答疑
刘老师：
Do animals have rights? This is how the question is usually put. It sounds like a useful, ground-clearing way to start. Actually, it isn't, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.
【翻译】动物有权力吗？该问题通常就是这样被提出来的。这样提问听起来似乎是一种有用的、依据清楚的方式。其实不然，因为这种问法只是假定对人类的权利有了一种共识，而这种共识在世界上是不存在的。
【分析】你的主要问题：
an account of：1.对......的叙述、报告；2. 对......的估价、看法、判断
agreed 是形容词，意为“共同的，一直的”。
an agreed account of 表示“对......的共识”。account 的意思在这里属于上述第2种含义。
there is an agreed account of human rights：“对人类的权利有了共识”。
