这可以是任何东西，一次枯燥的演讲或布道，或者是人们单调的一段对话。

This could be anything ranging from a boring lecture or sermon, to a monotonous conversation with people.

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无论工作多么枯燥单调，如果它是能够使人逐渐成名的手段，无论是在世界上出名还是就在自己的圈子里出名，那么这工作就不再难以忍受了。

However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in one's own circle.

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这包括把它们豢养在更符合要求的笼子里，允许像狗这样的群居性动物能生活在一起，并且努力降低这些动物生活的单调枯燥程度。

This includes keeping them in more suitable cages, allowing social animals like dogs to live together and trying to reduce the boredom that these animals can experience.

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Milton corrects -- it's as if he's correcting the sense of monotony with which he had begun the poem, and he corrects that sense of monotony by rewriting that initial phrase.

弥尔顿纠正道-正如他纠正那种单调的枯燥感,他用诗歌的开头句进行了纠正，他还通过重写开头句来纠正那种枯燥感。

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