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长难句：By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity. 结构剖析：本句的主干是they saw ... a period of great abundance and prosperity, 其中 they saw 后面的介词结构 in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750 为状语，修饰 saw; when 引导的定语从句 修饰前面的 the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750。 核心词汇：by contrast 与之相反，与....形成对比的是 abundance 富裕，富有，丰富 preceding 前面的 prosperity 繁荣 参考译文：与之相反，他们把此前从1650到1750之间的100年看作一个繁荣富裕的时期，尽管那时英国还是一个完全意义上的农业国。 | 
