Peter, as Lindsey Hughes has argued, was highly suspicious of any alternative to state service, especially the monastic way of life, which I've already said.

正如林赛·休斯所说的那样,彼得对任何以其他方式服务国家的行为,都持怀疑态度,尤其是僧侣生活,这我在前面已经提到过了

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Well, this is the question raised by the skeptic about skepticism or about theory and it's one that we're going to take rather seriously, but we're going to come back to it because there are ways, it seems to me, of keeping this question at arm's length.

这是由对怀疑论或理论持怀疑态度的人提出来的问题,也是我们要认真探讨的，但是我们还会回来继续讨论，因为对我而言，我们需要和这个问题保持一定距离。

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Now, some of you who are very cynical and/or very good looking might wonder "yes, but good-looking people like me actually are smarter, more competent, more social and morally better."

有些持怀疑态度,同时可能又长得很好看的同学可能会想,“像我这样长得好看的人确实更聪明，更有能力，更会交际，更有道德“

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