So on the one hand--temporal sequence-- first you know Ruth, you meet Ruth, you get to know Ruth.

所以一方面,按时间顺序来说,你需要先知道露丝,见到露丝 了解露丝

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The Septuagint's rationale for ordering the books is temporal.

希腊译本是按时间顺序排序的。

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It's not necessarily chronological, but at the same time it gives you a sense of successive metaphysical philosophers thinking about first causes, origins, and about whatever it is that determines everything else.

这不一定是按时间顺序排列的，但同时,它会给你一种感觉那就是，一位又一位形而上学哲学家,思考原动力，起源，思考到底是什么觉定了其他的一切。

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As the essays move chronologically--they were written over a period of time--as the essays that were written near Lolita come into the book, that word appears, also, describing various things.

正如随笔是按时间顺序走向的，它们也是,有时间顺序的，随笔写的时候Lolita刚刚发表，那个字出现了，描绘了很多事情。

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