That's a term that first entered the English language sometime in the mid-nineteenth century, but of course the concept goes earlier.

这个词在19世纪中期,第一次出现在英语中，当然概念产生得早些。

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Remember, the state of nature is the condition that we decide to leave, and that's what gives rise to consent.

记住，自然状态是我们决定脱离的状态，正是因此，产生了同意这一概念。

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The conversation on human rights and said "You know what, this is really the way you have framed it. A very western concept and it's coming of your enlightenment.

在关于人权的对话中，非西方国家的人们会说,“看吧，这只是你们的想法而已,是西方化的概念,这是在你们的文明背景下产生的。

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I think it ought to remind us of what's at stake when we invoke the notion of objectivity.

它应该提醒我们当,我们产生客观性这一概念时会出现什么风险。

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Again, the point today is not for you to understand in detail all these mechanisms but to understand how those basic concepts we talked about last time, basic concepts of cell communication if arranged in the right kinds of ways can lead to complex outcomes.

再说一次 今天的重点不是,要你理解这些机制的细节,而是借此理解上节课讲的基本概念,细胞通讯的基本概念如果安排得当,可以产生非常复杂的反应

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