老版sat题有句话看不懂GeraldFeinberg,theColumbiaUniversityphysicist,oncewentsofarastodeclarethat“everythingpossiblewilleventuallybeaccomplished.”Well,thatofcourseleftonlytheimpossibleastheonethingremainingfor

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老版sat题 有句话看不懂
Gerald Feinberg,the Columbia University physicist ,once went sofar as to declare that “everything possible will eventually be accomplished.”Well,that of course left only the impossible as the one thing remaining fordaring intellectual adventurers to whittle away at.
（that of course left only the impossible as the one thing remaining fordaring intellectual adventurers to whittle away at.

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Gerald Feinberg,一位哥伦比亚大学的物理学家,曾经声称“所有可能该做到的事情都已经做到了.”那么,唯一让勇敢的脑力劳动冒险家来琢磨的事情当然就只剩下impossible了.
whittle away at = 直译是慢慢削掉,减弱,这里就好比impossible是一个抽象的障碍物,然后科学家们一点儿点儿把这个障碍物给消灭掉
换言之,因为Feinberg号称所有Possible的事情都已经做到了,所以现在唯一剩下的障碍物就统称是impossible了,然后科学家们就蹲在那里一点儿一点儿琢磨怎么对付impossible
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