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en Is it not tyrannical, in Pascal's sense, to insist that those who excel in “sensitivity” or “the ability to express compassion” merit equal wealth with those who excel in qualities (such as “the capacity for hard work”)essential in producing wealth?
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意群训练: Is it not tyrannicalin Pascal's senseto insist that those who excel in “sensitivityor “the ability t o express compassionmerit equal wealth with those wh o excel in qualities (such as “the capacit y for hard work”) essentia l in producing wealth?

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标志: Is it not tyrannical,in Pascal's sense, to insist that those (who excel in “sensitivity” or “the ability to express compassion”) merit equal wealth /with those [who excel in qualities (such as “the capacity for hard work” ) (essential in producing wealth)\]?

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译文: 按照P的理解 ,难道坚持那些 (在“敏感性”或“表达同情心的能力”上突出的) 应该 那些 [在(对赚钱很重要的)能力(比如“刻苦工作的能力” )上突出的]人得到同样 的财富, 这种做法 就不 暴政吗

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解释: 句首的it是形式主语,其真正的内容在不定式中。insist引导的宾语从句中的谓语merit是句子的中心难点。因为我们通常只知道merit的名词词义,并不知道它也可以被用作动词,所以此处不容易看懂。其动词的意思是:应该得到……,值得……;英文释义为to deserve,be worthy of。

另外,句子作为一个疑问句,却结构复杂、冗长不堪,也是本句难以读懂的一个重要原因。

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