The concern appears quixotic, but China is now in the grips of a moral crisis.

关注似乎(有点)唐吉诃德，然而中国现在正处于道德危机的紧要关头。

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You are correct in saying that while in the grips of separation's agony, it is no comfort to know that there is no void.

你说的没错，一旦被分离的剧痛攫获，只是知道空虚并不存在并不能带来任何慰藉。

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Sun Dexing and his wife are plowing their two hectares of farmland. Caught in the grips of a long drought, they still continue. Why farm when there is no harvest?

孙德兴和妻子正在他们两公顷的农地犁田，这里的地十年九旱，不过还是得耕种，没有收成为什么还要种呢？

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Yet no one seriously contemplates a Europe in the grips of war.

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The EU is in the grips of a major financial crisis with out-of-control PIIGS debt and deficits, especially with Greece at the moment.

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Everywhere people wonder when the aftershocks to the stock market will cease and whether the nation is in the grips of recession--or something worse.

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