And in making the announcement, President Obama said once again the American drive for a missile shield has never had anything to do with Russia.

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The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great sea beast, leviathan. In the comparison of Satan's shield with the moon is the figure of the Tuscan artist, the Tuscan artist being Galileo.

这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦，进行了对比，在把撒旦的庇护和月亮的比较之中,突出了那个托斯卡纳艺术家的形象，伽利略。

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It's not like you go out and you start fighting people with just your body shield and you're happy there.

就是说,你不会一开始就跳出方阵,穿着胸甲四处砍人,而会待在方阵中间

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It has nothing whatsoever to do with the question of simply the size of Satan's shield, and we realize that we have to redraw the schema into which we fit this simile.

实际上这和撒旦屏障的大小,并无实际的关联，我们得重新规划屏障的大小,来适应这个比喻。

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Well, I'm going to write on the board, "shield equals moon," and you can schematize it with, let's say, "A equals A'." A'?

我会在黑板上写下“屏障和月亮一般大“,你们可以在脑海里概括一下，“两者相等“？

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He can belt you with that shield, and if he's stronger than you are, or better prepared or more balanced than you are, he could knock your shield out of your hand.

他能用盾牌猛击,如果他比你强壮,或准备充分,或平衡能力比你强的话,他能将你的盾牌击飞

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