考研英語長難句|Day20

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今日長難句

Their enduring appeal rests in part in offering a sense of data-based certainty that can be irresistible, especially to journalists who tend to value precision in a field awash with ambiguity.

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詞彙解析

enduring / ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ / adj. 持久的,持續的

appeal / əˈpiːl / n. 吸引力

rest in 在於

in part 部分地

irresistible / ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəb(ə)l / adj. 無法抗拒的

precision / prɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n / n. 精確性,準確性

awash / əˈwɔːʃ / adj. 充斥的,常與介詞with搭配,譯爲“充滿”

ambiguity / ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːəti; ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪti / n. 模棱兩可,不明確

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結構分析

✔句子主幹:

Their enduring appeal rests in offering a sense

✔狀語1:

in part

✔定語:

of data-based certainty

✔定語從句1:

that can be irresistible

✔狀語(強調):

especially to journalists

✔定語從句2:

who tend to value precision in a field awash with ambiguity

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參考譯文

Their enduring appeal rests in part in offering a sense of data-based certainty that can be irresistible, especially to journalists who tend to value precision in a field awash with ambiguity.

它們持久的吸引力部分原因在於提供了一種基於數據的確定性,這種確定性令人無法抗拒,對那些在充滿模棱兩可的領域裡看重精準度的記者來說尤爲如此。