For example, the word circus is used to describe any noisy place with a lot of activities going on.

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This idea may be rooted in the Ancient Near Eastern political sphere in which sovereigns would single out vassals for the status of special property; and in fact the word used is a word we do find in Exodus.

这个观点也许根植在古代近东的政治氛围中,统治者会将纳贡者独立出来放在特有财产的地位上,并且实际上用在这里的词是我们在,出埃及记中的看到的词语。

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His idea of regime politea again the same word the same word that was used for the title of Plato's Republic is the centerpiece of Aristotle's politics literally.

他的政体概念，Politea，是同义字,且这个字还用于,柏拉图的《理想国》，而那可说就是,亚里士多德政治理念的中心思想。

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