It's probably also worth underlining the fact that what I've really been doing is running through a series of arguments.

为这样的事实打下基础也是很有价值的,我正在做的,是将一系列的论证串联起来

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Where I agree with the neo-cons is that we must have our foreign policy that is based on our values.

我和新型保守派的共同点在于,我们的外交政策必须以价值观为基础。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Once they have it, and they plant permanent crops, that changes the whole basis of society and the values, and the attitudes that go with it.

一旦他们拥有了土地,他们会栽种长期作物,这就改变了整个社会的物质基础和价值观,以及处理这种问题时的态度

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A happy marriage for Milton was founded on a couple of like-minded opinions and values, - their ability to converse with one another -- and so this is why the notion of divorce for reasons of incompatibility is so important to Milton, because compatibility in marriage is the very essence of marriage.

对弥尔顿来说，一段幸福的婚姻是建立在,有着相似观点和价值基础的情侣间的，他们与彼此交谈的能力-,因此这就是为什么对弥尔顿来说离婚这一概念,无论如何都十分重要，因为和谐共处,是婚姻的精髓。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Which is why I think we need a bipartisan foreign policy based on our values that reaches out to the rest of the world.

这是为什么,我认为我们需要一个建立在价值观基础之上，两党连立的外交政策,我们依此和全世界打交道。

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I do think America has to have a policy based on values.

我认为,美国的外交政策要建立在价值观基础上。

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