A critique of Handlin’s interpretation of why legal slavery did not appear until the 1660’s suggests that assumptions about the relation between slavery and racial prejudice should be reexamined, and that explanations for the different treatment of Black slaves in North and South America should be expanded.
解析:本句的倒装本质上与我们早就遇到的倒装结构是一样的,即形容词放在句首时,主语和谓语倒装。 本句的主干的正常语序应该是: Eye placement is most striking; 倒装后成了 Most strikingis eye placement。 被提到句首的 Most striking被长长的状语 among the many asymmetries evident in an adult flatfish 与后面的主语和表语分开,造成阅读困难。