Existing infrastructures can be improved by retrofitting, which involves simply modifying the equipment that is already in service. (Para.6)[Analysis]“Which involves simply modifying the equipment that is already in service” is a non-restrictive attributive clause 1 the gerund, specifying the contents of “retrofitting”.[Translation] 2 ，这只需要对现有运行的设备做些改进。
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- [As recently as 1993],engineers made a (major) breakthrough [by discovering so-called turbo codes（turbo 码）]---(which come very close to Shannon’s ultimate limit for the maximum rate （最大速度极限）)(that data can be transmitted reliably), and now play a key role in the mobile videophone（可视电话） revolution.The clause （从句）introduced by “which” is a （ ） clause（从句）. A: appositive clause（同位语从句） B: non-restrictive attributive clause(非限定性定语从句） C: adverbial clause（状语从句） D: restrictive attributive clause（限定性定语从句）
- Which of the following statements are correct？（ ） A: A service usually involves transfer of ownership. B: A physical good is a product. C: A physical good is tangible, a service is intangible. D: A service is a product.
- Which part of translation involves the addition of amino acids to an existing polypeptide chain? A: initiation B: elongation C: termination D: transcription
- Is a non-restrictive attributive clause only translated into a postpositive attributive?
- Is non-restrictive attributive clause generally translated as a postposition attributive?