暴力行为是我们社会的毒瘤。

Violence is a cancer in our society.

《牛津词典》

暴力犯罪仅仅是困扰现代社会的严重问题之一。

Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.

《牛津词典》

社会内部的暴力是通过法律制度来控制的。

The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law.

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The message of the flood story also seems to be that when humans destroy the moral basis of society, when they are violent or cruel or unkind, they endanger the very existence of that society.

而洪水所表达的信息是,当人类毁掉了社会的道德根基，当人类变得暴力，残忍，这都会危及到人类社会的存在。

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