纯研究的益处常常是间接的，通常不能预见。

Benefits from pure research are often indirect, and it is usually impossible to predict what they will be.

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他对缅甸人十分同情，最后因不能预见的个人悲剧而终结。

His sympathies for the Burmese, however, end in an unforeseen personal tragedy.

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我很惊奇他们居然坚持了这么久，但我并不能预见他们还能够坚持多久。

I'm surprised they've made it this long. I can't see how they can keep doing it.

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The similes enable us to see something about the story that the rest of the poem doesn't enable us to see.

这些明喻使得我们能够深入了解一些,诗歌的剩余部分所不能让我们预见的事情。

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