They've become forces of nature in the U.S. Economy, in the sense that people accept these letter grades with great authority.

他们和美国经济密不可分,在这种情况下,人们笃信机构的字母评级

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They've got to be thought experiments, because in real life,bodies and personalities go hand in hand.

它们必须是思考实验，因为现实中肉体和人格密不可分。

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Everything with me depends upon the estimation in which I am held."

我的一切,都和对我的评价密不可分"

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In Greece you have a lot of war and you have a lot of freedom, and all of that is tied up, I think very much, with the development of this very special thing called the polis.

在希腊,存在着无数战争,但同时也存在着无限自由,我认为,战争和自由之所以,紧密相连,密不可分,是因为城邦这一特殊事物的维系

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