教育对一个国家的发展至关重要。

Education is central to a country's development.

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改革对一个国家的发展很重要。

Reforms are important for a country to develop.

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他坚信教育和一个国家的经济发展是通向进步的关键因素。

He firmly believes that education and a country's economic development are key factors to progress.

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But one argument that can be made is that things things were so terrible and so out of control in the earlier period that the strengthening of the state is something that people saw as beneficial.

然而有这样一个观点,在动荡不定的战争年代,一个极权国家是有利于国家的发展的

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