英语长难句分析分享——公平意识的来源
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.
句子成分分析
状语 However,
主句主语 (主语从句)
whether
从句1主语 such a sense of fairness
谓语 evolved independently
状语 in capuchins and humans,
连词(连接两个并列主语从句) or
从句2主语(主语从句)
whether
主语从句2主语 it stems from the common ancestor
定语 (修饰ancestor) that the species had 35 million years ago,
主句谓语 is,
状语 as yet,
主句宾语 an unanswered question.
参考译文
然而,这种公平意识是在僧帽猴和人类中各自独立进化而来,还是来自三千五百万年前他们共有的祖先,目前还不是能够回答的。
盲点:
sense of fairness 公平意识
evolve -- evolution 发展,进化----进化,进化论
stem from 来自于
ancestor 祖先
at yet 至今