But I think this definition is also limiting, and this is a phenomenon that I hope you will come to be familiar with.

但我认为这个解释也太局限了，我希望你们能逐渐熟悉这一现象。

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The concept of the state was fundamentally new to Russia, but gradually came into existence, and his accomplishments had a lot to do with that.

彼得的治国理念对于俄国是前所未闻的,但也逐渐扎下根来,他的功绩即在于此

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