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原句

A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of research, but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper.（Text1. 2001）

comparison / kəmˈpærisn / n.比较

geological /dʒɪə’lɒdʒɪkl / adj.地质的

publication / ˌpʌbliˈkeiʃn / n.出版；出版物；发表

reveal / riˈvi:l / v.揭示；显示

emphasis  / ˈemfəsis / n.强调；重视

primacy / ˈpraiməsi / n.首要；至高无上

constitute / ˈkɔnstitju:t / v.组成；构成

acceptable / əkˈseptəbl / adj.认同的；认可的

翻译

把英国最近一个半世纪的地质学刊物作一比较会发现；不仅“科研为本”越来越受到重视，而且判定科研论文是否可接受的标准也在不断变化。

预告明日长难句

The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs, a result that has been reinforced by the widespread introduction of refereeing, first by national journals in the nineteenth century and then by several local geological journals in the twentieth century.（Text1. 2001）