这句英文的语法怎么是这样的。Youstudythemakeupoftheatomfromadisinteresteddesireforknowledge,andbychanceplaceinthehandsofapowerfulmadmanthemeansofdestroyingthehumanrace.我不懂and后面的一句是如何

Question

这句英文的语法怎么是这样的。
You study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested desire for knowledge ,and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race.
我不懂 and后面的一句是如何构成的，求大神指点！

Answer 1

如果改一下顺序和把主要的部分提取出来就可以很好地理
and place the means in the hands.
and (by chance：插入语，在句中不做成分) place the means (of destroying the human race ) in the hands (of a powerful mad man).
所以主要的成分是place something in something，这样分析的话，the means是宾语，而in the hands的hands是宾语补足语。
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