1 句子理解(seemingly just by chance)
FEMALE PROFESSOR: And the tulips most prized-for their uniqueness and beauty- were apparently the ones infected by this mysterious virus.
教授: 而且，郁金香大多数是根据其被这种神秘病毒感染而出现颜色变异的独特性和美丽程度而定价的。
FEMALE PROFESSOR: At the time, nobody was really able to breed tulips like these. Color breaking happened in just two or three out of a hundred bulbs, and seemingly just by chance.
教授: 在那个时候，没有人有能力人工培育这样的郁金香。在一百多球茎里，发生颜色裂变的只有两三个，这看起来就像是偶然出现的。
请问老师，这里的most是一个adjective，含义是almost all : the majority of ， — usually used before a plural noun为什么可以后置？
二、seemingly just by chance. 这些词全是adv, 一个句子，+and + adv， 这里的adv是修饰前面句子的状态，作伴随状语吗？
最佳答案 2019-08-08 16:25
第一个问题：
1. most 是修饰 prized（形容词）的，表达最高级意义。而不是修饰前面的名词the tulips。
2. （the）most prized：最有价值的；最珍贵的；最受推崇的；最受青睐的。
3. for their uniqueness and beauty：是 most prized 的原因。整个形容词短语most prized for their uniqueness and beauty， 作the tulips 的后置定语。
4. 原翻译者由于对句子结构理解失误，导致翻译也出现错误。
第二个问题：
Color breaking happened in just two or three out of a hundred bulbs, and seemingly just by chance.
本句，and 是并列连词，之后是一个省略了与第一分句完全重复成分的并列分句。为了简练和避免重复，我们可以用it did so 代替之：
Color breaking happened in just two or three out of a hundred bulbs, and it did so seemingly just by chance.
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其它 2 个回答
我也分析一下，供网友参考。
【1】the tulips most prized for their uniqueness and beauty…
most prized…是过去分词短语，作tulips的后置定语。
具体分析：
1）prized是动词prize的过去分词
prize verb [T]
to think that someone or something is very important or valuable
珍视，高度重视:
The company's shoes are highly prized by fashion conscious youngsters.
该公司的鞋备受时尚年轻人的青睐。
2) most是程度副词，修饰过去分词prized。《朗文词典》这样说的：
most adverb
[+ adj / adv] [formal] very
非常，很:
Thank you for a most interesting evening.
谢谢你，让我度过了一个非常有意思的夜晚。
I was most surprised to hear of your engagement.
听说你订婚了，我非常吃惊。
3）另外注意，prized作形容词时的用法:
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
prized
adj , always used before a noun
: very valuable or important
These are some of my prized possessions.
She was a highly prized employee.
OALD 双解
prized /praizd/ adj. [only before noun] very valuable to sb 珍贵的；宝贵的 ： I lost some of my most prized possessions in the fire. 大火吞噬了我的一些最珍贵的物品。 |
【2】and seemingly just by chance.
网友的and和如下用法相似, 仅供参考：
and用于就前面叙述过的事情加以说明和补充或者为了加强语气:
You doubt his capacity, and with reason. 你怀疑他的能力，那是理所当然的。
He has been acquitted, and no wonder. 他被宣告无罪，那是当然的事情。
We see rocks everywhere, and in all sorts of shapes. 我们到处能见到若石, 而且具备各种各样的形状。
——井上义昌《英美语惯用法辞典》p.113
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