It is not yet clear who Mr.Zardari is expected to meet with, or what concessions he may be prepared to make.

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Now Milton may not be able to forget Homer, but he is able to correct Homer or to preempt Homer.

弥尔顿不能忘记荷马，但他可以改正荷马或者取代荷马。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The philosopher-king, he tells us, may be an object of hope or wish but Plato realizes that this possibility is not really to be expected.

他告诉我们，哲学家国王也许是希望或愿望的目标,但柏拉图了解到,这种可能性不是真的值得期待。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The best example I can think of offhand, I should let this wait, but Peter the Great, the czar of the Russians, who may or may not have beaten his son to death, at least he ordered him tortured.

我现在临时能想到的最好的例子,就是沙皇彼得大帝,本来要等会再说的,彼得大帝是否判处了自己儿子死刑 还有争论,但至少他曾下令用酷刑折磨他的儿子

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Again, a large cosmopolitan state may allow each individual the freedom to live as he or she likes, but this is not freedom as Aristotle understands it.

一个大都会国家,可能会允许每一位个体,过他们想要过的生活的自由，但这并非,亚里士多德所认知的自由。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选