"So the idea was to recognize these great inventors, hold them up as role models for young people, and help young people see that aspiring to be an inventor is a great thing."

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Peter the Great had an enormous ambivalence about his role and his image as a czar.

即彼得大帝的一言一行,很不符合沙皇的身份

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And, one of the reasons why the role of the dominance of Paris is so great is precisely because of the centralization of the French state.

巴黎能够取得支配地位的一个原因,恰恰就是法国政府的中央集权化

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