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今日長難句
At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.（Text 1. 2015. 英一）
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詞彙解析
warn of 就......發出警告
inherited / inheritid / adj.遺傳的；繼承權的；透過繼承得到的
bizarre / biˈzɑ:(r) / adj.極其怪誕的；異乎尋常的
aristocratic / ˌæristəˈkrætik / adj.貴族的
symbolic / simˈbɔlik / adj.使用象徵的；作為象徵的；象徵性的
democratic / ˌdeməˈkrætik / adj.民主的；民主政體的；民主制度
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結構分析
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參考譯文
At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.（Text 1. 2015. 英一）
在托馬斯·皮凱蒂及其他一些經濟學家紛紛就日益加劇的不平等和日益增強的世襲財富權力發出警告之時，富有的貴族世家依然是現代民主國家的核心象徵，這非常怪異。
