GRE考試閱讀理解長難句解析（18）

　　Islam, on the other hand, represented a radical breakaway from the Arab paganism that preceded it; Islamic law is the result of an examination, from a religious angle, of legal subject matter that was far from uniform, comprising as it did the various components of the laws of pre-Islamic Arabia and numerous legal elements taken over from the non-Arab peoples of the conquered territories.

　　Islam,/ on the other hand,/ represented a radical breakaway/ from the Arab paganism/ that preceded it;/ Islamic law/ is the result of/ an examination,/ from a religious angle,/ of legal subject matter/ that was/ far from uniform,/ comprising as it did/ the various components/ of the laws of pre-Islamic Arabia/ and numerous legal elements/ taken over from/ the non-Arab peoples/ of the conquered territories.

　　譯文：伊斯蘭，在另一方面，代表著與伊斯蘭法以前的阿拉伯異教的決裂;伊斯蘭法是一種從宗教的角度檢查的結(jié)果，檢查的對(duì)象是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)談不上統(tǒng)一的法律主體事物;它包括了伊斯蘭教出現(xiàn)以前的阿拉伯法律的種種成分，并包含了很多被征服的非阿拉伯地區(qū)那里拿來的法律因素。