The very presence in a theatrical piece of a long and weighty philosophical debate like this one could easily be seen as having a pretty tedious effect.

很容易看出这样一个戏剧般长篇,而有分量的哲学争论,有着令人厌倦的作用。

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So this could be summarized as the law of effect, which is a tendency to perform an action's increased if rewarded, weakened if it's not.

这种行为上的变化被称之为效果律，也就是说，行为倾向随奖励而增加，随惩罚而减少。

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And in so far as it is possible for me, to try to preempt what that impact or effect might be in the sense of trying to figure out whether or not it will have an impact on you and what it might be.

只要有可能，我就会通过自己对诗歌的感受,来试图推断这首诗,是否会对读者产生冲击，会产生怎样的冲击。

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