考研英語長難句｜Day157

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今日長難句

Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.

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詞彙解析

revelation[ˌrevəˈleɪʃ(ə)n]

n. 被揭示的真相，被揭露的內情；揭露，披露；出乎意料的事物，令人驚喜的發現；（上帝的）啓示，默示

geocentric[ˌdʒiːəʊˈsentrɪk]

adj. 以地球爲中心的；由地心開始測量的

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結構分析

本句的主幹是 many thinkers ··· the centre of our universe 爲同位語從句，修飾 the geocentric view。

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參考譯文

Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.

在他們的思想啓示每次出現之前，許多當時的思想家都堅持着更爲古老的思維方式，其中包括地球是我們宇宙的中心的“地心說”。