They took advantage of their opportunity, seized their opportunity and imposed their own form upon it.

他们抓住机会，紧握他们的机会,并强加入他们自己的形式。

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They only had the occasion in a kind of formless matter upon which they could adopt and impose any form they took.

他们仅有的是,在一种无形物质中的机遇,在其中他们能采纳,并强加任何他们喜欢的形式。

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