Notably, we saw Hurricane Katrina that caused huge property damage in--a couple of years ago-- that, kind of, tested insurance companies again.

尤其是卡特里娜飓风,在几年前它导致了巨大的财产损失,这又是一个对保险公司的考验

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His examples are typically drawn from situations of human beings or polities in extremes where the very survival or independence of a society is at stake.

他的范例是,典型地取材自人类,或政体在极端下的处境,即当存活或一个社会的独立,已面临考验。

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