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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because it's too much at stake.

因为这样会危机重重。

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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。

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