核心问题
So it is a comparatively simple step from locating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish. With experience, and with improved apparatus, it is now possible not only to locate a shoal but to tell if it is herring, cod, or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo. (New Concept English, Book 4, p. 29)
[原译]因此,从利用回声探测海底到探测鱼群,只是迈进了并不太复杂的一步。只要有了经验,再加上改进了的仪器,现在不但有可能探测出鱼群的位置,而且可以根据回声的类型,得知这群鱼究竟是鲱鱼,鳕鱼,还是人们所熟知的其它鱼类。(《英汉翻译手册》,p.254)
句中的 with 是“只要”的意思吗?
词典解答
我们认为句中的 with 不是表示条件,而是表示原因的。类例:
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With such knowledge and experience, he is sure to succeed. 有了这样的知识和经验,他一定会成功的。
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She's in the hospital with a desperate illness. (FWF) 她患重病住院了。
[试译]……由于有了经验和经过改进的仪器,现在不但能够探测出鱼群的位置,而且还能根据回声的类型区分出鱼群是鲱鱼、鳕鱼,还是……