Normally, we do these things to keep an equilibrium among the different systems of the unconscious, but sometimes it doesn't work.

一般来说，我们会运用这些机制,去维持无意识系统的平衡，但有时防御机制也会不起作用。

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The renal system has an equally important function in that way, in maintaining your water balance.

泌尿系统也同样十分重要,它能够维持体内的水平衡

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So suppose,gruesome as it was,this weekend I'm in some horrible accident and my torso gets destroyed and they keep my brain on life support, oxygenating it just long enough to do some radical surgery into some spare torsos.

来做个可怕的假设，我在周末惨遭事故,肉体完全损坏，只剩大脑靠系统维持生命，持续补氧到能被高超手术植入另外的身体。

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