So the number two, the numbers, three, whatever it is, whatever they are, are these Platonic abstract entities that don't exist in space and time.

因而,数字2,数字3,不管它们是什么,至少它们都是不存在于时空中的,柏拉图式的抽象实体

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And the relevance of that is investors have presupposed throughout the existence of these two entities that the government would be very hesitant to let them go down.

这就使得,投资者的前提是,在这两家公司的运营期内,政府会很犹豫,让他们倒闭。

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with all these imputs from other entities.

负责安排日程。

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And the reason for positing these things is because we're clearly able to think about these ideas, and yet, we recognize that the ordinary physical world-- although things may participate in them to varying degrees-- we don't actually come across these objects or entities in the physical world.

我们假定这些的原因是,这样我们就能够清楚的,去思考这些理念,目前我们认识到在正常的现实世界中,尽管很多东西或多或少的参与其中,我们并不会在现实世界中,直接面对这些对象或者个体

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