030 田静考研英语每日一句 I 2005英一T1-03

每日长难句 30

原句：

However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

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单词：

✅fairness n. 公平

✅evolve v. 演变，进化

✅independently adv. 独立地，自立地；无关地

✅capuchins n. 卷尾猴

✅stem from... 源于……，来自……

✅ancestor n. 祖先

✅species n. 物种；种类

✅as yet 到目前为止，至今

分析长难句：

找谓语动词：

However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

断开长难句：

However, / whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or / [whether it stems from the common ancestor (that the species had 35 million years ago),] is, as yet, an unanswered question.

①主句：However, ... or... is, as yet, an unanswered question

②主语从句：whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans

③主语从句：whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago

④定语从句：that the species had 35 million years ago

📝嵌套结构

📝平行结构

译文：

但是，无论这种公平意识是在卷尾猴和人类身上各自独立演化而成的，还是源于他们3500 万年前共同的祖先，迄今为止仍是一个未解之谜。