"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

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So far Plato believes, is a passionate or spirited aspect of nature remains strong so long will be necessary to educate the warriors of society who defend it.

到目前为止,柏拉图相信，如果激情或意志层面的人性,维持强烈的话,就必需,教育保卫社会的战士。

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It began to infiltrate other disciplines and was in general a high-spirited horse for that certain period of time.

它逐渐渗入到其它学科,总之是那个时代的一匹黑马。

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Now musicians, being a bit more uptight oftentimes classical musicians, than other more spirited folks have developed this tradition of using conducting patterns.

现在的乐师,常常更加拘束,那些古典音乐乐师,相对于其他普通人更拘束,发展出了这样的传统,采取指挥手势

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It's a genre in which a soloist will confront the orchestra and there'll be a kind of give and take a spirited give and take--between the two.

这种风格中,独奏乐器要和管弦乐队分庭抗礼,就会出现一种协作与让步,两者间会存在协作与让步的精神

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