How can Milton know that he was really and truly called by God to be a great poet until he writes something - it's not a bad question - until he has something actually to show for his talent?

弥尔顿怎么知道他是不是真的被,上帝选中了去做一个伟大的诗人,除非他真的创作出点儿什么--这是一个不坏的问题,-直到他真有可以证明自己才能的作品？

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One by one he subdued his father's trees By riding them down over and over again Until he took the stiffness out of them - And not one but hung limp, not one was left for him to conquer.

他一株一株地征服他父亲的树,一次又一次地把它们骑在胯下,直到把树的倔强劲儿完全制服：,一株又一株都垂头丧气地低下来。

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And it was a practice that was not broadly used until somebody really studied systematically.

这项技术一直没有广泛应用,直到有人系统地研究它

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The Republic is also a utopia, a word that Plato does not use, was not coined until many, many centuries later by Sir Thomas More.

理想国》也是乌托邦，一个柏拉图不使用的词汇，直到数个世纪之后,才由Sir，Thomas，More，杜撰出来。

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Smallpox affected world history hundreds of years ago, and it was a disease that was common in Europe, but not common in the Americas until the Americas were colonized.

天花影响了几个世纪前的历史,这种病在欧洲很常见,但在美国不多见,直到美国成为殖民地

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