It symbolizes the victory of the forces of life, oath and holiness over death and impurity.

这象征着生命力的胜利，誓言和神圣能够战胜死亡和不洁。

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And the ego -- the emergence of the ego for Freud -- symbolizes the origin of consciousness.

因而在弗洛伊德的理论中-,自我的出现象征着意识的起源。

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This is the following evidence that he cites; the mainstays of the dietary laws are these: first, the prohibition against eating animal blood from Genesis 9, which symbolizes the life.

他列举了以下的证据：,饮食教规的主要思想是这些：,首先，《创世纪》第九章提到的禁食动物的血液，因为这血液象征生命。

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