實(shí)質(zhì)上,在不探究其他限制因素的情況下,得出這個(gè)結(jié)論幾乎是必然的.更何況他們對(duì)競爭的成見之深,根本沒法再探究其他因素.
這句話 前面主句的主語是this conclusion,謂語是was ,表語是 inevitable ,后面if 引出一個(gè)并列句.并列句‘no search was made for other restraints,and so complete was the preoccupation with competition that none was made’中的兩個(gè)小句都用了倒裝形式.第一個(gè)小句很簡單,第二個(gè)句子 so complete was the preoccupation with competitionthat none was made’的可以理解為 the preoccupation with competitionthat was so complete that none (of the search) was made’ .第二個(gè)倒裝分句解釋地很清楚，其實(shí)我就是這個(gè)部分不明白，現(xiàn)在完全懂了。但是關(guān)于“preoccupation”這個(gè)詞的理解，我覺得不應(yīng)該是“成見”，“the preoccupation with competition was so complete”,翻譯成“關(guān)于競爭的研究是如此地完善”，你覺得呢？嗯，你這樣翻譯應(yīng)該好一些?？梢愿某桑簩?shí)質(zhì)上，在不探究其他限制因素的情況下，得出這個(gè)結(jié)論幾乎是必然的。而且關(guān)于競爭的研究已經(jīng)很完善，無須再探究其他因素。