So there can be no "raw" without, in a certain sense, the prior existence of "cooked."

所以，从某种意义上来讲，如果没有“熟食“这个概念，就不会有“生食“的概念“

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We've got the concept, but we haven't quantified it yet.

我们有了这个概念，但是我们没有量化它。

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They didn't have the concept firmly in mind.

他们脑海里没有这个概念

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There was no separate caste of priests and there was very little concern, I don't mean any concern, but very little concern with life after death which was universally important in other civilizations.

没有独立的教会阶层,城邦里的人们很少关注来生这个概念,很少关注,不是说完全没有关注,此观念在当时的其他文明中是极为重要的

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It's a question of saying, "How on earth would you ever have the concept 'heterosexual' if you didn't have the concept 'homosexual' in place?" Right? The absolute interdependency of these concepts is, again, central to her argument and to her understanding of things.

这就像是说，如果首先没有“同性恋“这个概念,又怎么会有“异性恋“这个概念呢’,是吧，这些概念的绝对依赖性，是她论点的中心，同时也是她理解事物的中心轴。

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