The fact of the matter is, demon theory doesn't do a very good job of explaining disease, while germ theory does do a good job.

事实上,恶魔理论并不能很好地解释疾病的问题,而微生物理论却能将问题分析得很透彻

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So we're justified in believing in germs, but not demons.

所以,我们相信微生物理论合理,而恶魔理论则不合理

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We've got, roughly, germ theory and we've got demon theory.

把它们概括一下,微生物理论和恶魔理论

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It's the better explanation.

相较之下,微生物理论是更好的解释

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