But Milton's also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.

但弥尔顿对有些事实也很敏锐,某种意义上“基督教史诗“这个词语,本身就是矛盾的。

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That might seem confusing if you're thinking about particles, but remember we're talking about the wave-like nature of electrons.

如果你们把它想成是一个粒子的话是很矛盾的，但记住我们这里说的,是电子的波动性。

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So as one reads the epic one senses this very deep ambivalence regarding the relative virtues and evils of civilized life and many of the features that make us human.

当人们读到这一段的时候，总是会对文明生活方式的利弊,产生一种很矛盾的感情,然而正是这些特性让人区别于动物。

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Not quite right. When people are-- have an internal conflict, when there's something uncomfortable-- Well, that's right.

这说得不是很正确，当人们…,心理活动产生矛盾时，当他们碰到不安的情况时-,这是对的。

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I'm going to set aside theology as the lens through which I read.

似乎很矛盾。

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Contradictions and inconsistencies in contemporary religious society are so much like, or at least look so much like, the contradictions and inconsistencies that we find in a work of literature, that we find in a poem.

在永久的宗教社会中矛盾和对立,很像，或者是至少看起来很像，我们从文学著作和诗歌中,发现的矛盾和对立。

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Let me talk about something that might sound oxymoronic.

接下来我要讨论一些,听起来会很矛盾的东西。

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And my guess is the result is yes, you could but you're not going to feel un-conflicted about it and it's because these two are conflicting each other at the same time.

我的观点是，你可以爱上两个以上的人，你可以这样做，但是你会内心很矛盾,因为这两者,一直思想一直不停地在做斗争。

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