Do animals have rights?This is how the question is usually put.It sounds like a useful,ground-clearing way to start.Actually,it isn't,because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.
句子中的 an agreed account 如何理解?求解析,英语达人!
刘老师:
Do animals have rights? This is how the question is usually put. It sounds like a useful, ground-clearing way to start. Actually, it isn't, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.
【翻译】动物有权力吗?该问题通常就是这样被提出来的。这样提问听起来似乎是一种有用的、依据清楚的方式。其实不然,因为这种问法只是假定对人类的权利有了一种共识,而这种共识在世界上是不存在的。
【分析】你的主要问题:
an account of:1.对......的叙述、报告;2. 对......的估价、看法、判断
agreed 是形容词,意为“共同的,一直的”。
an agreed account of 表示“对......的共识”。account 的意思在这里属于上述第2种含义。
there is an agreed account of human rights:“对人类的权利有了共识”。