我遇到这样一段话,总觉得这个句子还没有说完的,Thesequestionsarepoliticalinthesensethatthedebateoverthemwillinevitablybelessanexplorationofabstractmattersinaspiritofdisinterestedinquirythananacademicpow

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我遇到这样一段话,总觉得这个句子还没有说完的,
These questions are political in the sense that the debate over them will inevitably be less an exploration of abstract matters in a spirit of disinterested inquiry than an academic power struggle in which the careers and professional fortunes of many women scholars-only now entering the academic profession in substantial numbers-will be at stake,and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding,a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society.
先谢谢啥不知朋友，但是，如果说是倒装句的话，他是不是应该写成：“and with them are the chances for......”呢？
这少了一个动词，我总觉得不对啊.......
是英语有这样的习惯呢？还是这里是一个可以忽略的小错误？

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这句话非常正规,条理清楚,逻辑严密.
从意思上讲,这句话很完整,不过其语法结构有点复杂.
你觉得话没有讲完可能是你没有弄清楚and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding,a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society这个部分.－－它和the carrers and professional fortunes...at stake并列.
简单点说：这里面有一个倒装了的省略句,将它还原成正常语序的完整句就成了：
the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding（主语加＋同位语a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society）are with them.
主语的同位语太长,里面含有定语从句.
希望我自己没有糊涂.