That's a line that has vexed commentators for centuries and has spawned many very fascinating interpretations.

这是几百年来引得人们争论不休的一句,并且产生了大量有趣的解读。

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Like the Russian formalists--and in a way like the New Critics -talking about their "academic" colleagues, Saussure is vexed by the messiness and lack of system in the study of linguistics.

这一点和形式主义者，新批评论者,这些学院派的人们很相像，索绪尔对语言学的杂乱,和无章感到恼火。

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Satan's described initially here as the wind god Orion, a classical figure who vexed or tossed the waves of the Red Sea, ; just as Satan is rousing and inspiring his fallen host of angels; but Milton continues to complicate the simile.

撒旦在这里最初被比作风神猎户，这是一个在红海上呼风唤浪的古典形象，就像撒旦在他的天使随从面前充满了威严;,但是弥尔顿接下来又使这个比喻复杂化了。

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