各位英语大神看看这个句子我这样理解正确吗?原句是这样的:Beakeland'smajorcontributiontothefieldisnotsomuchtheactualdiscoveryofthematerialtowitchhegavehisname,butratherthemethodbywhichareactionbetwee

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各位英语大神看看这个句子我这样理解正确吗?
原句是这样的:Beakeland's major contribution to the field is not so much the actual discovery of the material to witch he gave his name,but rather the method by which a reaction between penol and formaldehyde could be controlled.
下面是我把其中的从句还原后的样子：
Beakeland's major contribution to the field is not so much(that)(我认为这里是省略了that,)
the actual discovery of the material to which he gave his name
=He gave his name to the material of the actual discovery
but rather
the method by which a reaction between phenol and formaldehyde could be controlled
=The reaction between phenol and formaldehyde could be controlled by a method.
请各位多多指教!

Answer 1

整个句子的主干是：
Beakeland's contribution is not the actual discovery ,but rather the method.
如果单独对两部分从句做顺序改写,就要改写完整,如第一个为：
he made a actual discovery of the material then he gave his name to it
第二个是对的：
he found a method,and it can be used to control reaction between phenol and formaldehyde.