When Milton instructs his muse, "Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view," there's something more here than the primary sense of the word, which is just "first in sequence."

弥尔顿写到缪斯的时候，“请先说，天界和地狱深渊在您的眼中，一切都了如指掌“,这句中“先“除了它本身的意思“最先“之外，还有其他的含义“

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For me the absolutely shocking fact of this simile ] is that its primary purpose is merely to describe the number of angels who are prostrate on the burning lake of hell.

为了他们悲惨的境遇黯然神伤,对我来说，这个比喻令人震惊的事实,是它最初的目的只不过,是为了描述葬身于地狱火海的天使的数量之多。

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Or, if this is a primary election, a larger share of the vote gives you a bigger push for the next primary or whatever.

或者把它看成是总统大选的初选,获得更多的票数,对你下一轮的选举起到积极作用

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That means one of your primary areas for connection and contact.

那体育就是你最初的,交流活动的领域。

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It was undertaken with two primary figures at its head for many, many years.

这项研究是由两大人物牵头,进行了很多很多年

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