你提出了一很好的问题,这是 N.E.C.(4)lesson 2 中的句子,我理解这句是这样的:原句省略了一些字,as many people think (they are insects).
原句可写成:
Spiders are not insects nor even nearly related to them,as many people think ( they are insects).
这句又相当于:
Spiders are not insects nor even near related to them,though many people think(they
are insects).
是带有表示相反(constrast)意思的状语从句的句子.为了更突出 “Spiders are not insects”与
很多人的想法不一致,把 “as many people think” 移到前面,以插入语的形式出现——实际上
是状语从句.
它的意义为:
尽管很多人以为蜘蛛是昆虫,但蜘蛛并不是昆虫………
或
与很多人的想法相反,蜘蛛不是昆虫……(意译)