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Woodward confessed with ironic modesty that the first edition “had begun to suffer under some of the handicaps that might be expected in a history of the American Revolution published in 1776.” 055  标志： Woodward confessed   /with ironic modesty/ that the first edition   “had begun   to suffer   /under some of the handicaps   {that might be expected   /in a history［of the American Revolution (published in 1776)/］}/.”  解释：   confessed与that之间被插入了一个状语/with ironic modesty/，而且这个状语实际上又是一个倒装结构，其正常的位置应该在句末。在ironic modesty中，ironic的意思不是通常所讲的“讽刺的”的意思，而是指反常的、令人感到奇怪的。其名词irony所对应的英文释义为：（1）：incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result（2）：an event or result marked by such incongruity。宾语从句中的谓语had begun的宾语是一个不定式to suffer；suffer的状语under some of the handicaps   后面又跟着一个修饰handicaps的一个复杂修饰的定语，定语中又有状语，使得句子拖拉不堪。 5

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gmat  意群训练： Woodward confessed with ironic modesty that the first edition “had begun to suffer under some of the handicaps that might be expected in a history of the American Revolution published in 1776   .”  译文： Woodward   /以一种令人感到奇怪的谦虚/招认说   ，第一版   “已经开始遭受到   {可以被预计到的   /在［（1776年出版的）关于美国大革命的］历史书中/出现的}那样的缺陷   ”。 复杂修饰+倒装

en	Woodward confessed with ironic modesty that the first edition “had begun to suffer under some of the handicaps that might be expected in a history of the American Revolution published in 1776.”
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parts	意群训练： Woodward confessed with ironic modesty that the first edition “had begun to suffer under some of the handicaps that might be expected in a history of the American Revolution published in 1776 .”
mark	标志： Woodward confessed /with ironic modesty/ that the first edition “had begun to suffer /under some of the handicaps {that might be expected /in a history［of the American Revolution (published in 1776)/］}/.”
cn	译文： Woodward /以一种令人感到奇怪的谦虚/招认说，第一版 “已经开始遭受到 {可以被预计到的 /在［（1776年出版的）关于美国大革命的］历史书中/出现的}那样的缺陷 ”。
explain	解释： confessed与that之间被插入了一个状语/with ironic modesty/，而且这个状语实际上又是一个倒装结构，其正常的位置应该在句末。在ironic modesty中，ironic的意思不是通常所讲的“讽刺的”的意思，而是指反常的、令人感到奇怪的。其名词irony所对应的英文释义为：（1）：incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result（2）：an event or result marked by such incongruity。宾语从句中的谓语had begun的宾语是一个不定式to suffer；suffer的状语under some of the handicaps 后面又跟着一个修饰handicaps的一个复杂修饰的定语，定语中又有状语，使得句子拖拉不堪。
type	复杂修饰+倒装
score	5

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