第1个回答 2012-11-03
They would know how far north or south of the equator they were.
这里的 far north or south of the equator 是 how(far) (north or south) of the equator
这么划分么? far 和 north or south 是两个不相干的副词 对么????
答:首先要知道north两种词性和用法:
1. n. 北方,作为名词,前面多有the, 如:in the north of...
2. adv. 意为:towards the north, 如:to travel (further) north| The room faces North,so it's always quite cold.
Edingburg is (a long way) (to the) north of London.
上面的例句摘自《Longman》
最后一个例句,如有to the,则north 为名词,没有则为副词。
a long way 是修饰语,可以具体化,用300 kilometers 来替换。
如果就300 kilometers 划线提问,则为:
How far (to the) north of London is Edingburg?
-->Do you know how far north of London Endingburg is?
所以原题句就是:
他们就知道他们离赤道往北或往南有多远。
你应该熟悉It is 300 kilometers away from London吧?
也知道问:How far away from London it is? =How far away it is from London?吧?
其实how far north of 与how far away from 一样的结构。这下明白了吧?
本题句出自2012年新托福考试TPO(1-24)听力TPO 14 Lecture 3 Astronomy
讲古时候的岛民如何利用stars来定位导航的。
第2个回答 2012-11-03
推荐答案实在让人看不过去了。。。囧,原来赤道还分南赤道和北赤道,长见识了!!!
They would know how far north or south of the equator they were.
他们想知道他们到底在赤道的南边还是北边,以及距离赤道有多远。
how far north or south of the equator they were ==> 把疑问语序换成普通陈述句会更方便你理解:
they were 1,000 km north/south of the equator. 他们在赤道北边/南边1000公里处。
A is XXX km north of B:A在B的北边XXX千米处。
改成疑问句==> how far is A north of B? A在B的北边多远处?
现在懂了吧。 how far 只是一个提问。。。就好像how often, how long, how soon引导的提问一样。跟north or south 没有一点关系。本回答被提问者采纳
第3个回答 2012-11-03
比如说他们在离赤道以北5000米 就是 they were 5000 meters far north of the equator
这句话说他们要知道他们在赤道以北或以南的什么位置 不用加where 因为还原成陈述语序也就是 they were how far north of the equator/south of the equator 不用加的原因正因为你分析的north or south 是副词,
第4个回答 2012-11-03
你是想表达南北赤道离彼此有多远是吗? 不如就写, They would know the distance between the north and the south equator. 翻译为他们会知道南北赤道之间的距离。 或 They would know how far the north equator is from the south equator. 他们会知道北赤道离南赤道有多远。