It is to assert the common humanity of us all: "That's what I call a friend."

它指出了我们共有的人性：,“朋友就要互相帮助“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

That we share not just the capacity for language in the way a linguist might assert, but that we share a certain common moral language.

我们不只共享语言能力,如同语言学家所主张，更共享,一种特定的共同道德语言。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The armies of the state, as you will see in a while, are growing, and moreover, "You, oh big guy, you will assert our own privileges.

而国家的军队正在增长,稍后你们将会看到这一点,此外"您必须保证我们的特权

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

A managed portfolio, you find somebody you think is really smart and you pay them a fair amount of money and in return they assert that they will pick winners for you, and in fact, you will outperform the stock market.

而代管投资组合就是说，你找一个你觉得很聪明的人,给他们一些钱,然后他们会说一定会帮你选出,赚钱的股票，实际上你会比股市整体表现要好。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

They also, like J, want to assert a continuity, but in doing so, they do it in a way that really ultimately draws attention to the fundamental discontinuity, the sense of a new beginning.

他们也像J来源一样想保持一种统一延续性，虽这样做，他们却用了不同的方式,此方法最后却将人们的注意力吸引于非延续性，一种新的开始。

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