人类对他们的缺点和优点的来源很着迷，这种专注不可避免地导致了一个多年的争论：究竟是先天还是后天更能塑造我们。

Humans are fascinated by the source of their failings and virtues, this preoccupation inevitably leads to an old debate: whether nature or nurture molds us more.

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他塑造了一个喝威士忌喝得烂醉的天主教神父。

He portrays a whisky-sodden Catholic priest.

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在强大而多样的动机驱使下，这次运动从荒野中建立起一个国家，并在本质上塑造了一个未知大陆的性格和命运。

This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.

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So again, hot and cold. And in many ways, Moses sets the paradigm for the classical prophet.

所以又一次，一冷一热，在许多方面，摩西为先知塑造了一个良好的典范。

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One common theory, for instance, is that we are shaped by our parents.

一个常见的理论,例如,是我们的父母塑造了我们的人格

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I want you to think about what kind of protagonist Pynchon sends out into this world.

我想让你们想想，Pynchon向这个世界,塑造了怎样的一个主角？

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