GRE考試閱讀理解長難句解析（16）

　　Other experiments revealed slight variations in the size, number, arrangement, and interconnection of the nerve cells, but as far as psycho neural correlations were concerned, the obvious similarities of these sensory fields to each other seemed much more remarkable than any of the minute differences.

　　【標識】

　　Other experiments revealed slight variations 1[in the size, number, arrangement, and interconnection] 2[of the nerve cells], 3{but 4{as far as psycho neural correlations were concerned}, the obvious similarities 5[of these sensory fields] 6[to each other] seemed much more remarkable than any 7[of the minute differences]}.

　　【難點】

　　1. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。in the size, number, arrangement, and interconnection修飾variations。2. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。of the nerve cells修飾interconnection。3. 長句。but連接的平行結(jié)構(gòu)。4. 長句。as far as引導的狀語從句。5. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。of these sensory fields修飾similarities。6. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。to each other修飾similarities。7. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。of the minute differences修飾any。

　　【譯文】

　　盡管其他實驗揭示了神經(jīng)細胞在大小、數(shù)量、排列順序與連接方式上存在著細微差別，但是就心理-神經(jīng)的相互關(guān)系而言，這些感官區(qū)域之間存在的明顯的相似性遠比它們之間的任何細微差異都更為令人注目。