It's as though he's explaining, giving an answer to a question that somebody asked, "why didn't the Spartans do better in that battle?"

修昔底德的解释,回答了许多人的疑问,"斯巴达人为什么不将剩勇追穷寇呢"

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For instance, when I asked their major, they answered "course 2." Could you tell us about that?

例如，我问他们的专业，他们回答“课程2”，你能给我们解释一下吗？

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Her answer was this and it's got something to do with how a lost cause took hold too but she said, "Southerners love a good tale.

她是这么回答的,同时也解释了为何南方人始终无法释怀,她说,"南方人钟爱精彩的故事

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That seems to be one way of making sense of the city/soul hypothesis, but again it doesn't seem to answer the question ? in what way are cities and individuals alike.

那似乎是,解释城灵假说的一种方式，但似乎仍未回答基本的问题,城市与个人间到底有何相似之处。

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