01 每日长难句
Not only does a green thing look different from a red thing, remind us of other green things and inspire us to say “That’s green”, but it also actually looks green: it produces an experience of sheer greenness that isn’t reducible to anything else.

02【结构分析】

该句子中, not only放在句首,使用了部分倒装。正常语序为:a green thing looks not only different from a red thing,reminds us of other green things and inspires us to say “That’s green”。这是并列了三个谓语(look different…,remind us…and inspire us…)。But also之后为递进部分,其中冒号后为具体的解释说明,并且这里包含一个定语从句that isn’t reducible to anything else,关系代词that指代先行词sheer greenness,在从句中作主语。

03【词汇】
inspire 刺激,激励

sheer 完全的

be reducible to 简化为= be simplified to 

04【参考译文】
一件绿色的东西不仅仅看起来与红色的东西不同,使我们想起其他绿色的东西并刺激我们说:“那是绿色”,而且它确实看起来是绿色的:它产生了一个完全的绿色的经验,那不能简化成任何其他事情。

05【明日长难句】
Clever though this is, it is just a stepping stone towards the direct incorporation of fuel cells into portable devices and, in particular, laptops—the application that remains the industry’s Holy Grail.
 

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