The discussion is obviously in some way really about sex, and it's the Lady's virginity, of course, that's at stake here.

这个讨论很明显是说性，当然还有小姐岌岌可危的贞操。

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But just to make it concrete and to see what's at stake, consider the distribution of wealth in the United States.

但为了更形象，看看问题何在，以美国的财富分配状况为例。

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I think it ought to remind us of what's at stake when we invoke the notion of objectivity.

它应该提醒我们当,我们产生客观性这一概念时会出现什么风险。

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And it is not for Machiavelli simply the existence of these two different moralities that is at stake.

此外对于马基雅维利来说，不仅仅,这两种不同的道德观岌岌可危。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

His examples are typically drawn from situations of human beings or polities in extremes where the very survival or independence of a society is at stake.

他的范例是,典型地取材自人类,或政体在极端下的处境,即当存活或一个社会的独立,已面临考验。

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And in such situations where the very survival of the community may be at stake we might call these emergency situations the conscientious statesmen must be able to respond appropriately.

而在这种情势下,社群的存活可能面临考验,我们可以称这些为紧急情势,谨慎的，政治家,必需能适时地回应。

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