“我已经50多岁了，但是直到两个月前我才意识到“持异议”(dissent)是表示不同意，与“下降”(descent)，降低某种东西，是完全不一样的，”他告诉我。

"I am now over 50 years old, and it wasn't until two months ago that I realized that 'dissent,' to disagree, is different than 'descent,' to lower something," he told me.

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“我已经50多岁了，但是直到两个月前我才意识到“持异议”(dissent)是表示不同意，与“下降”(descent)，降低某种东西，是完全不一样的，”他告诉我。

"I am now over 50 years old, and it wasn't until two months ago that I realized that 'dissent,' to disagree, is different than 'descent,' to lower something," he told me.

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