Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.

保守的有价值容器理论认为，活着有一定的价值，但是按道理它可以被超越。

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These people knew more than anybody else about these things, and so consulting that oracle was a very rational act indeed.

这里的人比别地的人知道得多,所以请示神谕,实际上是有一定道理的

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In fact, this is an argument that's been made a number of times, and I think there's a lot of sense to it -the last eight lines of Lycidas are written in a very specific line form the Italian scheme of the ottava rima.

这是一个的确曾被无数次提到的观点，并且我也认为这个观点确实有一定道理,利西达斯的最后8行是以一种非常特殊的体裁写的,即意大利式的八行诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Doesn't it make sense then that being sedentary and seeking out high fat, high sugar, high calorie foods has become a priority woven into our biology?

我们的生物学天性,即静养至上,寻求高脂高糖高热量的饮食,是有一定的道理的

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Johnson obviously has a point here.

约翰逊说的是有一定道理的。

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