U.S.officials said no part of the three-stage vehicle reached orbit, and that in any case it amounted to a long-range ballistic missile test forbidden under a Security Council resolution that followed its October 2006 nuclear test.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

In other words, the sacrificial cult was primarily a vehicle for worshipers' expression of a wide range of emotions: joy over the birth of a child, thankfulness for a good harvest and so on.

换句话说，献祭仪式从根本上来说,是表达崇拜者各种各样情感的一个途径：,新生儿带来的喜悦，对好收成的感谢，等等等等。

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In other words, the sacrificial cult was primarily a vehicle for worshipers' expression of a wide range of emotions: joy over the birth of a child, thankfulness for a good harvest and so on.

换句话说，献祭仪式从根本上来说,是表达崇拜者各种各样情感的一个途径：,新生儿带来的喜悦，对好收成的感谢，等等等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选