【真题例句】
He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.
【楠楠自语】
第一步:谓语动词:asserted, was, felt, could have succeeded
第二步:从句引导词:that, for which, that
第三步:拆分主从句
主句:He asserted that …,
其中that引导的宾语从句做主句谓语动词的宾语;
for which reason he felt certain为非限制性定语从句,修饰前面的宾语从句所指内容;that he never could have succeeded with mathematics为宾语从句,作felt certain的宾语。
【译文】他坚持认为自己进行长时间纯抽象思维的能力十分有限,由此他认定自己在数学方面不可能取得成就。