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|  tā他  huā花  le了  dà liàng大量  shí jiān时间  yán jiū研究  gǔ luó mǎ古罗马  jiàn zhù建筑  zài在  lì cì历次  shè jì设计  bǐ sài比赛  zhōng中  wèi jū位居  dì èr第二  nà xiē那些  jìng zhēng duì shǒu竞争对手  men们  de的  shè jì设计  fāng àn方案  xiǎn de显得  fēi cháng非常  huā shao花哨  dàn但  shí yòng xìng实用性  què却  bù不  qiáng强 | 
| He had spent much of his life studying ancient Roman architecture and had entered his share of design competitions only to come in second to his more showy, but less qualified, peers. |