According to Eliot, the modern world lacks a center, a kind of set of collective beliefs and commitments that would enable communication between us.

根据艾略特所说，现代世界缺少一个中心，缺少一套共有的信仰和承诺,来促成人与人之间的交流。

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Because at some point in here, Delphi really did become the navel of the universe; everybody came.

因为,从某种程度上,特尔斐,确实成了世界的中心,所有人都来这儿

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In any case, Poulet was also a central figure on the scene of the sixties.

不管怎么说，波利特也算是六十年代舞台上的一个中心人物。

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