The blind poet calls on the Holy Spirit to assist him in the composition of the epic.

这位失明的诗人请求神灵帮助他,完成史诗。

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He went there and he made a plea that General Motors should cut its dividend that it pays to stockholders, which is a reasonable thing to do.

他向管理层提出请求,希望通用汽车公司减少,支付给股东们的红利,这是一种很合理的做法

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JFK, when making the plea for equal rights, didn't produce an abstract philosophical argument but rather tried to invite his listeners who were white to engage in perspective taking.

当肯尼迪呼吁实行平等权利时，他并没有提出抽象的哲学理由,而请求那些听他呼吁的白人,从黑人的角度进行思考。

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He says in The Bridge, he asks the bridge to lend a myth to God, and he suggests that this is something that every age must do because our names for God are always metaphors, poems, something imagined, acts of speech.

他在《桥》中写道，他请求大桥借与上帝一个神话，他暗示到有些事情是每个年纪的人都必须做的,因为我们给予上帝的名总是一些隐喻啊诗歌啊，一些想象的事物，对言辞的表演。

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He seems less interested in actually praying for divine assistance than he is in chiding the muse for not having come to his aid sooner.

他好像不是在真正请求神的帮助,而是在责备缪斯没有尽快来帮助他。

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