It was comforting to suppose that the stream of life would flow on through time in whatever course God had given it。

through time是穿過(guò)時(shí)間的意思嗎？in whatever course 的in是按什么方法的意思嗎？這本部分的意思是生命之河穿過(guò)時(shí)間，按上帝給他的方法向前奔流。

It was comforting to suppose that the stream of life would flow on through time in whatever course God had given it。

參考譯文：設(shè)想這生命之泉，根據(jù)上帝指定的經(jīng)歷，將永遠(yuǎn)奔流不息，真讓人感到欣慰。

重點(diǎn)單詞及短語(yǔ)分析如下：

It was comforting to do sth

suppose that（假定;假設(shè);設(shè)想)

the stream of life

flow on

through time

in whatever courseGod had given it根據(jù)上帝指定的經(jīng)歷

A:through time:是穿過(guò)時(shí)間的意思

B:in whatever course :是按無(wú)論什么方法的意思

C:God had given it :按上帝給他的方法向前奔流。

：it指代the stream of life)

:whatever 為連接代詞引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，在賓語(yǔ)從句作限定詞，修飾course, whatever couse作動(dòng)詞直接賓語(yǔ),give 間接賓語(yǔ)+直接賓語(yǔ) sth)