Yeats is talking about an event that has brought forth destruction, destruction of the world before the Easter Uprising.

叶芝描绘了这样一个事件,它带来了毁灭，对复活节前世界的毁灭。

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The general structure that we're looking at can be summarized as this, if this helps paint a nice mental picture.

我们一般看到的这个结构可以这样概括,如果这个帮助我们描绘出一个漂亮的记忆画面。

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With the scene of the flight of the pagan gods at the nativity of Christ Milton is also depicting a scenario that, I think, on some level he's hoping will occur within himself.

在《圣诞清晨歌》中有一个无宗教信仰的人逃跑的画面,我认为弥尔顿同时也在描绘一个剧情，某种程度上他希望这样的事情也会发生在自己身上。

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And this regime--in this sense the regime describes the character or tone of a society.

这样的政体描绘出,社会的特性或说调性。

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