"The house could seem almost holy in its lack of artifice," he writes by way of explaining that his grandparents' house had plastic furniture covers and plastic fruit.

“房子因其缺乏设计和装饰而显得近乎神圣，”对于祖父母的房子内的塑料家具和塑料水果，作者这样解释道。

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But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

我却顾惜我的圣名，就是以色列家在所到的列国中所亵渎的。

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In the Holy Land. It meant 'house with an answer.'

在圣地上，它的意思是‘背着答案的房子。’

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He was speaking to guests at an iftar dinner at the White House celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.

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