But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.
詞匯點撥：
primary 首要的
moral code 道德原則/規(guī)范
Govern 管理，支配，統(tǒng)治
dedicate one’s energies to sth 致力于某事
exploration 探索，探究
句子解析：
還是not…any more than 結(jié)構(gòu)，還是把句子拆分：
A= But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity
B= a businessman is (not) expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.
參考譯文： 但是，他的首要任務(wù)并不是考慮支配自己行動的道德規(guī)范，就如同(我們)不能指望商人會致力于探索行業(yè)規(guī)范一樣。
KK友情提示： Not…any more than, 從結(jié)構(gòu)上我們已經(jīng)掌握了，再從表意功能上看，我們其實可以知道，這個結(jié)構(gòu)很多時候就是為了把兩個 表示否定的句子連接起來而已。第二個句子所表述的事實往往是被讀者所熟悉的，和接受的，這樣能更好的表達(dá)第一 個句子的意思。
再提醒一下，這個結(jié)構(gòu)中的not,可以不是not，可以是其他的否定詞，no,few,hardly, never，nobody都可以;
同學(xué)們試著看看下面的句子:
Nobody with any sense expects to find the whole truth in job advertisement any more than he expects a man applying for a job to describe his shortcomings and more serious faults.
詞匯點撥：
primary 首要的
moral code 道德原則/規(guī)范
Govern 管理，支配，統(tǒng)治
dedicate one’s energies to sth 致力于某事
exploration 探索，探究
句子解析：
還是not…any more than 結(jié)構(gòu)，還是把句子拆分：
A= But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity
B= a businessman is (not) expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.
參考譯文： 但是，他的首要任務(wù)并不是考慮支配自己行動的道德規(guī)范，就如同(我們)不能指望商人會致力于探索行業(yè)規(guī)范一樣。
KK友情提示： Not…any more than, 從結(jié)構(gòu)上我們已經(jīng)掌握了，再從表意功能上看，我們其實可以知道，這個結(jié)構(gòu)很多時候就是為了把兩個 表示否定的句子連接起來而已。第二個句子所表述的事實往往是被讀者所熟悉的，和接受的，這樣能更好的表達(dá)第一 個句子的意思。
再提醒一下，這個結(jié)構(gòu)中的not,可以不是not，可以是其他的否定詞，no,few,hardly, never，nobody都可以;
同學(xué)們試著看看下面的句子:
Nobody with any sense expects to find the whole truth in job advertisement any more than he expects a man applying for a job to describe his shortcomings and more serious faults.