There is a singular fascination in watching the eagerness1 with which the learned author ferrets out every circumstance2 which may throw discredit on his hero3.

这位博学多闻的作者如此费尽心机地去搜罗每个能让他的偶像蒙羞的事迹，真是叫人叹为观止。

长难句解析

1.主句：there be结构，“in watching...”做状语；

2.定语从句：修饰先行词“the eagerness”，介词with提前，正序语序是“the learned author ferrets out every circumstance with the eagerness”；

3.定语从句：修饰先行词“circumstance”，正序语序是“every circumstance may throw discredit on his hero”。

重点词汇词组

①learned 博学的，有学问的；习得的

He is a scholar, a genuinely learned man.

他是个学者，一个真正博学的人。

【近义词】knowing, wise, accomplished, read, scholarly

②throw sth. on 把...扔在...

Don't throw trash on the ground.

不可以把垃圾丢在地上。

【形近词组】throw on 匆匆穿上

Jo threw on her coat and ran out into the snow to send a telegram.

琼迅速穿上外衣跑到外面的雪地里，去发电报。

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