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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Suppose the individual right to religious liberty were at stake, then, Alex, you could say, on the Hustings.

假设个人信仰自由的权利，岌岌可危，那么，亚历克斯，你在竞选时可以说。

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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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