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今日长难句

He believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations.（翻译. 2008）

very / ˈveri / adj.正是的；恰好的

compensating / ˈkɔmpenseitiŋ / adj.补偿的；平衡的

long / lɔŋ / adv.长久地；长期地

intently / inˈtentli / adj.专注地；热切地

enable / iˈneibl / v.使能够；使有机会

detect / diˈtekt / v.发现；查明；侦察出

reasoning / ˈri:zəniŋ / n.推想；推理

observation / ˌɔbzəˈveiʃn / n.(尤指据所见、所闻、所读而作的)评论；观察；观测

结构分析

翻译

他认为或许正因为（语言表达上的）这种困难，他不得不对自己要说的每句话都进行长时间的认真思考，从而能发现推理错误及自己言论中的错误，结果这反而成为他的优点。

预告明日长难句

On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning.（翻译. 2008）