这个命题，我们称之为“增长-劣势模式”，是流行的玻璃天花板隐喻的核心元素。

This proposition, which we term the increasing-disadvantage model, is a core element of the popular glass ceiling metaphor.

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然而，令人怀疑的是，这个命题是否足够强大，足以承受被置于其上的广泛的泛化的重量。

Yet it is doubtful whether the proposition is strong enough to bear the vast weight of generalization that has been placed on it.

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当探测到地外生命的可能性已经堪与小说媲美的时候，这个命题就显得更加重要。

As the possibility of discovering extraterrestrial life catches up with fiction, the question may become more pertinent.

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He's obsessed with grief over Enkidu, and he's obsessed with the whole issue of mortality. He begins a quest for immortality, and that takes up most of the rest of the epic.

他无法从Enkidu之死的悲痛中挣脱出来,他开始了对死亡这个命题的追寻，这部书余下的部分，都是关于这点的描写。

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