2018考研英語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句解析（66）

That suggests invention now proceeds mainly by recombining existing technologies and chimes with the idea that inventions were, in some sense, more fundamental in the past than they are today.
    詞匯突破：
    chime (In) with sth = fit sth; suit sth; 符合某事， 適合某事;
    chime with the idea; 與...觀念相一致;
    長(zhǎng)難句解析：
    句子主干：That suggests …and chimeswith the idea…
    其他部分：Invention now proceeds mainly byrecombining existing techno logies. 賓語(yǔ)從句
    inventions were, in somesense, more fundamental in the past
    than they are today. 同位語(yǔ)從句
    參考譯文：這表明現(xiàn)在發(fā)明的推進(jìn)主要是靠重組現(xiàn)有的技術(shù)，這也和下面的看法一致：從某種意義上講，過(guò)去的發(fā)明更為根本。