In what critics deemed well-orchestrated political theater a controversial candidate abandoned further attempts to prevent arrest and turned himself in while a rowdy crowd of supporters cheered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Well,maybe that metahphysical claim I just made should be abandoned.

也许我刚才提出的形而上学表述应该被摒弃。

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