He imagined not; but this assurance relieved him.

他猜想不是，但是这样一肯定就使他放心了。

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The problem is not as complicated as he imagined.

问题没有他所想像的那么复杂。

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Does he not say that armed prophets always win, the unarmed prophets lose? Did he not say that he wrote to reveal the effectual truth of things and? Not just what people have imagined the case to be?

难道他没说过武装的先知总能取胜而，徒手的先知总是失败？，难道他没说过，他写作是为了揭示出事物的本来面目，证明事物并非人们幻想的那个样子？

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Does he not say that armed prophets always win, the unarmed prophets lose? Did he not say that he wrote to reveal the effectual truth of things and ? not just what people have imagined the case to be?

难道他没说过武装的先知总能取胜而，徒手的先知总是失败？，难道他没说过,他写作是为了揭示出事物的本来面目,证明事物并非人们幻想的那个样子？

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The memorable figure he had created in his paintings was not the one he had imagined.

ECONOMIST: R.B. Kitaj

He did not know what to expect and imagined he might encounter some specimen of pimp the dagger-dark madam or tracksuited thug but it was a petite black girl who answered his knock and asked him who his appointment was with.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian

Whether he could have imagined it or not, Lewis knows what having an African-American president means to him and others.

CNN: Black in the White House: Folks see Lewis as their son