But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.
但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 38 The first calender
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 重建;重现;改造;复兴;
💡 struct, stru =build,表示”建立”#词根助记：re重新+construct→重新建造
"They have tried to reconstruct the settlement as it would have been in Iron Age times."
他们已试着按铁器时代的样子重建这个小村落。
近义：reactivate, rebuild, reconstitute, redevelop, redo, reestablish
反义：impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack, ravage
adj. 遥远的;冷漠的，冷淡的;远离的，远隔的;不太清晰的;
💡 di分开+stant站立→分开站→有距离的
"He's a distant cousin of mine."
他是我远房的一个表亲。
近义：far, past, remote, isolated, outlying, removed
反义：hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring
adj. 困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;
💡 dif不+fic做+ult表名词→不好做→困难的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
n. 历史学家，史学工作者;
💡 histor=history历史+ian人 →历史学家
"He calls himself a historian, but his books are a mere journalism."
他自称为历史学家, 但是他的书都是些肤浅的通俗作品.
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current