帮忙看两个考验真题的句子1.Ifambitionistobewellregarded,therewardsofambition-wealth,distinction,controloverone'sdestiny-mustbedeemedworthyofthesacrificesmadeonambition'sbehalf.Ifthetraditionofambitionistohavev

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帮忙看两个考验真题的句子
1.If ambition is to be well regarded,the rewards of ambition-wealth,distinction,control over one's destiny-must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf.If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality,it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly
regarded by people who are themselves admired,the educated not least among them.In an odd way ,however ,it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal.What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition-if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this,a case of closing the barn door after the horses have escaped-with the educated themselves riding on them.里面的‘if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents’这句话.这句是特定的句子结构么?if then在这里是什么意思
2 the author believes that futurist poetry is more of a transient phenomenon than lierature more of than 是个短语么

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看看翻译就一个该会了,不是一个特定的句子结构,就是连接上面的.
What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition-if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.奇怪的是他们的父母都从ambition中受益,即便不是他们自己的父母,那么也是他们父母的父母或是父母的祖父母.
其实他的原句省略了一部分the author believes that futurist poetry is more of a transient phenomenon than of a lierature.
more than 在这里是“仅是.而不是.”的意思