Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world.
句子中的 governed by the primacy of historical sources 如何理解?
刘老师:
Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world.
【翻译】社会科学的研究方法,必须适应这样的原则:以史料的主导地位而非以当今世界的需求来支配。
【分析】governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world:过去分词短语作定语,修饰discipline。
1. governed by…:由……支配
2. the primacy of historical sources:史料的首要性(首要地位)
3. rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world:而不是当今世界的需求