These shrines may have been associated with some kind of contact with ancestors, some kind of cult of the dead.

这些圣坛也和某些东西有关联,与祖先或者对逝者的崇拜有关。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

As you know, in classical literature the dead are referred to as shades, but here in Milton's simile "shades" merely means "shade trees."

在古典文学里，逝者常被用树荫来指代，而在这里弥尔顿的比喻“树荫“仅表示“叶绿成荫的树“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I mean, they took special care of the dead and they thought that the way you buried people and so on was terribly important.

他们对死者有很特殊的仪式,他们认为,逝者埋葬的方式非常重要

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I quote in here a guy who croaks before this course starts, Jean Bodin, B-O-D-I-N.

在这儿我引用一位逝者提出的观点,金博丹

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