I think here that the particular image of a career as a race still holds but with a little bit of a difference.

我认为这里把职业比作竞赛的独特设想,仍然成立，但是又略微的有所不同。

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And so it would seem to be Dante's use of the image that has a primary influence here on Milton, but, as we might expect, there is a complication in the way that Milton uses this particular image.

因此但丁对这个比喻的应用,对弥尔顿有最深刻的影响，但是，如我们期待的，这里弥尔顿在运用,这个特别的比喻的方式上，有一点复杂。

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Now, this particular simile conjures for us an image of someone trying to get a fix on Satan's shield, and there's the suggestion here of an attempt to get a proper perspective on this huge character, Satan.

这个特别的比喻如同戏法般,像我们展示了一个想要对撒旦的屏障有所一瞥的形象，这里有找出对这个重要的人物，撒旦,的一个合理的观点的暗示。

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