2018.10.15

今日长难句

In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U. S., lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.（Text 4. 2012. 英二）

lengthy / ˈleŋθi / adj.很长的；漫长的

stagnation / stæɡˈneiʃn / n.停滞；滞止

mean-spirited adj.心胸狭隘的

inclusive / inˈklu:siv / adj.包容的；包含的

reverse / riˈvə:s / v.颠倒；彻底转变

结构分析

翻译

在《经济增长的道德结果》一书中，经济历史学家本杰明 · 弗里德曼认为，美国国内外所经历的长期经济停滞或衰退几乎总是使社会变得更为狭隘、包容性更弱，而且往往使权利与自由的发展止步不前或逆向而行。

预告明日长难句

When people in developing countries worry about migration, they are usually concerned at the prospect of their best and brightest departure to Silicon Valley or to hospitals and universities in developed world.（翻译. 2012. 英二）