不管它们是否腐烂或苟延残喘。

Regardless of whether they are decomposed or linger.

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犹太人有着非常微妙、复杂和有趣的思想与文化世界，可最后他们却不得不为了几片面包或临时工作的许可而拚斗得你死我活。而这两样东西也只是使他们苟延残喘几天而已。

The hugely subtle, interesting and complicated world of Jewish thought and culture boiled down to a bitter fight over bread or over scrappy permits; either might hold off death for another few days.

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