as notoriously secretive and reluctant as Aristotle, his works acquired over the centuries virtual canonical status.

这么声名狼藉地闪躲与冷淡，并未损及亚里士多德作品,几个世纪以来真正代表的权威地位。

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but it's just like a time when they really took the care to look at how to construct things.

但它代表了一个时期，那时他们真正关注搞建筑的方法。

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You have this bureaucracy that's--it's not really a bureaucracy, but you've got these royal officials representing the royal will, but the actual impact in this vast expanse of the Russian empire isn't that great.

拥有庞大的官僚机构,并非是真正的官僚,但这些皇亲贵戚的确代表了王室的意愿,而实际上,它对幅员辽阔的俄国产生的影响绝非那般重大

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