You're defending yourself against the horrible parts of yourself and some of these make a little bit of sense.

你通过抵制不适当的原始欲望来保护自己,其中有些防御机制是很有意义的。

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Now you might be able to resist them and not eat them in abundance but they're still there and the brain likes those sorts of things.

现在,你可能会抵制这类食物,不会吃太多,但是依然会吃,而且大脑喜欢这类食品

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The Christian virtue of humility, turning the other cheek, forgiveness of sins, must be rejected if you want to do good as opposed to just being good.

基督教所提倡的谦逊美德，把另一半脸让人打,的宽恕隐忍精神，对罪孽的原宥，都必须被抵制,如果你想做得好而不仅仅是表面上显得好。

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How could you resist a sense of change in 1820s New York?

你如何能抵制变革的意识,如在十九世纪二十年代纽约

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But, you know, you couldn't resist it.

但是你无法抵制它

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