新東方考博英語

There was the growing realization that for all their vastness, the resources to be found in the oceans and seas were not inexhaustible. One could not hunt whales at will without risking their extermination or catch herring limitlessly without threatening survival of the stock. 　　分析：that引導(dǎo)的從句that for all their vastness, the resources to be found in the oceans and seas were not inexhaustible是realization的同位語從句。介詞for相當(dāng)于in spite of。句子中的not inexhaustible為雙重否定結(jié)構(gòu)。第二句中也用了not without雙重否定結(jié)構(gòu)。有否定詞without的雙重否定結(jié)構(gòu)，翻譯時一般可以譯成肯定句。但是，在需要加強語氣的時候，也可以譯成雙重否定句。 　　譯文：人們越來越認(rèn)識到，盡管海洋無邊無垠，但其資源并不是取之不盡用之不竭的。人們不可能隨心所欲地捕鯨而不使其遭致滅絕的危險，或無限制地捕撈鯡魚而不威脅到該物種的繁衍生息。