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[求助] 这句话该怎么翻译呀 已有3人参与

That will mean growing numbers for whom social advancement will remain a distant dream.
是不是可以改成"That will mean social advancement will remain a distant dream for growning numbers of people"?
for whom 应该属于remain sth for whom,但是总觉得grown numbers 后头省略了啥,求解
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In China meritocratic exams(精英考试) have been revered since imperial times(封建王朝), when any man could sit them to enter the civil service(仕途). For centuries they enabled the poor but talented to rise to high office. The gaokao is similarly intended to be a great leveller. But society has become increasingly divided between those with degrees and those who never even went to senior high. That will mean growing numbers for whom social advancement will remain a distant dream.

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mean sth +从句=mean +从句 for sth ?
3楼2016-06-09 13:17:41
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1032246407: 金币+3 2016-06-12 18:26:53
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你改成"That will mean social advancement will remain a distant dream for growing numbers of people" 与原意一致,但是原文更强调 “growing numbers ”一些。另外你觉得缺的(即原文省略的)可以是“people”, 也可以是 “disadvantaged", "retirees", "colored", "immigrants", 等等,这要看上下文才知道。
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2楼2016-06-08 18:16:41
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everie

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理解正确,你的改写从意思上看也没问题;区别在于原文更突出强调“growing number”,而你改写后比较平铺直叙。growing numbers 就象你的改写, 指 “growing numbers of man/people", 但有了上下文,不加这个”of man/people" 限定也不影响,句子显得更精炼些。
4楼2016-06-10 01:19:10
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1032246407: 金币+2 2016-06-12 18:23:40
个人认为,growing numbers后并未省略什么,它在此的意思是"不断增加的人数";后面的for whom是介词宾语从句,用来修饰这个numbers作定语。
感觉句子结构最好不要改,否则有头重脚轻的味道。
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