Science, so the story goes, is a meticulously built edifice. Discoveries balance on ones that prece
问题描述：
Science, so the story goes, is a meticulously built edifice. Discoveries balance on ones that prece
请大侠翻译.
Science, so the story goes, is a meticulously built edifice. Discoveries balance on ones that preceded them. Research is stimulated by studies that went on before.
答
楼主,这个句子的意思是
“科学就是一个精心建造的大厦（一层接一层的）.新的发现是建立在之前的发现上的.以前的研究们会激发促进新的科学研究.”
总而言之,这个不能逐词翻译,因为他很生动.它的意思就是新研究是建立在旧研究的基础之上.
文中有个so the story goes 翻译比较灵活,可以说成“事实上”,也可以直接省略