They were looking for people who at the same time were representatives of a much bigger powerful tradition in the case of African-American music, but at the same time were really singular in their ability to express that tradition."

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However, when it's used to refer to the God of Israel it's clearly singular, it always has a singular verb.

但是，当指的是犹太人的上帝时,就变成单数，因为他是独一无二的。

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And the way you act and the way you think are products, not of a singular rational being, but of a set of conflicting creatures.

你的行为模式与你的思维方式，并不是单一理性存在的产物，而是一系列冲突事件的产物。

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Okay, it could be a bit of a problem if this text has become the basis for a system of religious faith or belief, and your assumptions about it are that its telling a truth that is singular in nature.

如果这本书成为一些宗教信念系统的基本,那就有问题了,你会臆断，这本书上的都是真确的，都是非凡的。

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he viewed a large part of our-- of the idea of finding a singular, all-powerful god as seeking out a father figure that some of us never had during development.

他认为大部分人,想要寻求一位全知全能的神,其实质是在寻找在发展阶段,所缺失的父亲形象的替代品。

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