The notion that learning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greater part of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless the case.

学习应该包含有激发性游戏的元素，这一概念在学术界的大部分人看来只是愚蠢，但事实就是如此。

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The greater part of the project has been completed.

工程已完成一大半了。

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Philosophical conjectures take up the greater part of his novel.

哲学探讨占据他小说的许多篇幅。

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India's move to buy gold from the IMF is also seen as part of an effort to assert its greater role in world economic affairs.

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Did an asteroid hit it, blasting the greater part of its atmosphere into space?

NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers

Concealed carry laws have been on the rise for the greater part of three decades.

FORBES: A Gun-Control Battle That Could Actually Damage The Industry Is Escaping Public Attention

For the greater part of the past half-century Wall Street financier Leon Levy has been an optimist.

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