The term "nation-state", Hill and Spicer argue, blurs the internal cultural and linguistic multiplicity of states that could more precisely be called "conquest states".

希尔和斯派塞认为，“民族国家”一词模糊了国家内部文化和语言的多样性，更确切地说，这些国家可以被称为“征服国家”。

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The major difficulty, however, with the findings of critics such as de Jongh is that it is not easy to assess the multiplicity of levels in which Dutch viewers interpreted these pictures.

然而，根据德荣这样的批评家的发现，主要的困难在于，要评估荷兰观众对这些图片的解读的多重性并不容易。

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This situation can be influenced by a multiplicity of different factors.

当前的形势可能受到各种不同因素的影响。

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What we are seeing today is a multiplicity of cultures with varying degrees of influence.

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The main direction of research recently has been to emphasise the multiplicity of early languages.

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