【文章难句】

What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain’s roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented - and human perception far more complicated - than previously imagined.

【词汇突破】

roughly

adv. 粗糙地，概略地

perception

n. 知觉；【生理】感觉；看法；洞察力；获取

【结构分析】

       句子的主干中主语从句 What they found 做主语，后面 is 是系动词，that 引导表语从句，介词 in 后面跟一个现在分词充当状语，and human perception far more complicated 省略了谓语 is，than previous imagined 是一个比较状语从句。比较状语 than previous imagined 的谓语用被动式，省略“主语 + be 动词”。What they found 意为“人们发现”，nerve cells 指“神经细胞”。

【参考译文】

选自：红宝书《考研英语10年真题》

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