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今日长难句
With the church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance, the gap between the Medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.
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词汇解析
eclipse [ɪˈklɪps]
n. 日食，月食；黯然失色；羽毛暗淡期；消失，丧失
v. 遮住……的光，使黯然失色
Renaissance [rɪˈneɪs(ə)ns]
n. 文艺复兴（欧洲14至17世纪）
medieval [ˌmediˈiːvl]
adj. 中世纪的； <非正式> 非常老派的，极其过时的
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结构分析
本句的主干是 the gap between the Medieval and modern periods had been bridged。With the church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance 和 leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories 为伴随状语。
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参考译文
With the church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance, the gap between the Medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.
随着文艺复兴使教会的教义和思维方式黯然失色，中世纪与现代世界之间的鸿沟得以弥合，通向了全新的、未经开发的知识领域。
