首页 > 留学知识库

问题: 句子含义辨析

People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.
People's behavior is not largely determined by forces of their own making.
表达的意思有差别吗?

解答:

有差别。

People's behavior is (largely determined by forces) (not of their own making). 人的行为很大程度上受外力控制而非自主行为。---两个括号的内容为并列关系。


People's behavior is (not largely determined by forces of their own making).人的行为并非主要受他们自主行为的力量控制。----整个括号里为一个整体.of their own making变成对forces的修饰。