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【昨日回顾】

While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians, modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.

尽管几乎每个历史学家对史学都有自己的定义，但是现代史学家的实践最趋于一种定义：认为历史学试图重现过去的重大史实并对其做出解释。

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【今日长难句】

Caught in the web of its own time and place, each generation of historians determines anew what is significant for it in the past. In this search the evidence found is always incomplete and scattered; it is also frequently partial or partisan.

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【结构解析】

1. 首句主干为主谓宾从结构，即：each generation of historians/ determines anew/ what is significant for it in the past(what 引导宾语从句)； Caught in the web of its own time and place为非谓语动词（动词的ed形式表被动）充当状语。

2. 二句的主干是由分号连接的并列句。前后均为主系表机构，即：the evidence found/ is always /incomplete and scattered; it/ is /also frequently partial or partisan; 其中found为v-ed形式修饰the evidence。

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【词的处理】

(be) caught in 遭遇，陷入

anew / əˈnju: / adv. 重新

incomplete / ˌinkəmˈpli:t / adj. 不完整的

scattered / ˈskætəd / adj. 零散的，散乱的

partial / ˈpɑ:ʃl/ adj. 部分的，不全面的

partisan / ˌpɑ:tiˈzæn/ adj. 有派别偏见的

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【参考译文】

Caught in the web of its own time and place, each generation of historians determines anew what is significant for it in the past. In this search the evidence found is always incomplete and scattered; it is also frequently partial or partisan.

由于受其所处时间和地点的限制，每一代史学家都要重新判断过去哪些史料对他们具有重要价值。在这种探索中，所发现的证据总是不完全的、零散的，而且常常是不全面的或带有派别色彩的。

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【明日长难句】

The irony of the historian’s craft is that its practitioners always know that their efforts are but contributions to an unending process.