In The Iliad, as you can see, the warrior Glaucus uses the simile of the leaves to dismiss the importance of genealogy.

在里，你们会发现，武士格劳休斯,用了落叶的比喻来降低家族谱系的重要性。

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They probably succeeded in subduing some of their neighbors, collecting tribute--there's some controversy about that but in about 922 this kingdom divided into two smaller and lesser kingdoms that fell in importance.

也可能成功征服了周围的一些邻国并接受朝贡，但这点是有争议的,但约公元前922年，这个王国,分裂为两个更小更次要的国家,重要性当然也随之降低。

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People can be disgusting and if people are seen as disgusting they matter less.

人会变得令人反感,如果我们对他人感到反感，他们的重要性就降低。

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There's a lot of ways to make other people matter less.

要降低他人的重要性有很多方法。

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When you take away somebody's name they matter less.

当你除掉别人的名字时，他们的重要性就降低。

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