查看完整版本: 9305passage 5的最后一个句子，哪位高人能帮忙看看？

9305passage 5的最后一个句子，哪位高人能帮忙看看？

The oceanic crust thus serves as a magnetic tape recording of the history of the geomagnetic field that can be dated independently the width of the stripes indicates the rate of the sea - floor spreading。H+zzw\UZG
麻烦哪位高人能帮忙翻译一下这个句子，是老托，9305的passage 5最后一个句子~实在翻译不明白，谢啦！:L

因为没有背景，所以就直译了：TU"JAY}3w'D
海底层因此就像是一个录音带，记录了能够被独立追溯时间的地磁场的历史，带子的宽度指示了陆地海洋扩张的速度。(w(Z7_y~,~
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在下不才，就译成了这个样子，如果感觉别扭的话我在找别人给你翻译一下。

谢谢:)
] L)~0{KMY(t a3U/?y 还有一个问题，the width of the stripes indicates the rate of the sea - floor spreading在句子里作什么成分？修饰哪个词？

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[[i] 本帖最后由 doyouknow 于 2008-4-2 19:26 编辑 [/i]]

...that the width of the stripes can date the history of g f  indicates the rate of the sea - floor spreading...
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QII 明白了吧~~

还是dodo人最好，乐于助人！:)

恩恩！谢谢dodo还有pp:)