All actions aim at preservation or change, at making something better or preventing it from becoming worse.

所有行动都是为了维持或者改变，为了让事物变得更美好,为了不让它变得糟糕。

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Or does that make things worse?

还是这使事情变得更糟糕了？

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On the one hand, you can imagine somebody who says, " "Look, it's bad enough that I'm going to die, " but the fact that " there's nothing I could do about it just makes it worse.

一方面，可以想象有些人会说，“我会死去这已经够糟糕了，“但是对此我无可奈何,“却让它变得更糟糕。

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