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between 2 billion and 3 billion years ago, portions of the surface water, bathed by the energetic radiation from the sun, developed complicated compounds in organization sufficiently versatile to qualify as what we call "life".

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要點：本句的主要結(jié)構(gòu)是portions of the surface water developed complicated compounds。bathed...是過去分詞短語，作定語，句法作用相當(dāng)于一個非限制性定語從句。in organization...是介詞短語作定語，修飾compounds。sufficiently versatile...是形容詞短語作后置定語，修飾organization。to qualify as what we call "life"是動詞不定式短語作狀語，表示結(jié)果。 what we call "life"是賓語從句，作介詞as的賓語。

譯文：在20億到30億年前，地球表面的一部分水在太陽的強輻射作用下，導(dǎo)致了結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜的化合物的出現(xiàn)，這些化合物結(jié)構(gòu)靈活多樣，足以被我們稱為“生命”。