The same is true of certain philosophers who have maintained chimerical opinions that they reject. They would have others who defend certain truths whose certitude they clearly see give them up as mere opinions, as they have given up those that they had been inappropriately obstinate about.这句话出自法国哲学家马勒勃朗士的一本原著的英译本……语法非常乱,我看得头都晕了!哪位能帮我分析下就好了!谢谢啦!
參考答案:一:同样的事适用于某些主张抵制空想主义的哲学家they reject的是chimerical opinions。而maintained 在这里意思是“主张”be true of 是对。。适用,符合之意。
二:这句的主语是they would have others .....give them up..as...整句意思是:他们将让其他的为事实的真相做辩解的、他们确信无疑的人放弃他们的观点,只把它作为纯粹的意见,因为他们已经对那些曾经异常顽固的人感到绝望了。后面一个as是因为,前一个as是“作为”