题目

问一个句子中的两个词
Ethnologists had a distinct reason for wanting to hear the stories： they were after linguistic or anthropological data that would supplement their own field observations, and they believed that the personal stories, even of a single individual, could increase their understanding of the cultures that they had been observing from without.这里的they指代的是stories吧?那么after是什么意思呢?还有这里这个without就真是让我莫名其妙了.哪个大虾帮帮忙,不胜感激

提问时间：2020-07-13

答案

这里所有的They指的都是Ethnologists(民族学家).在这里"after"不是在什么之后的意思,而是"寻求"的意思.最后的"without" 后面应该还有内容.如果没有的话,指的就是前面提到过的"personal stories".也就是说,整段翻译过...