Okay. Is the ancient version of it better?

好的，古老的版本更好吗？

youdao

And how would it be modified for the ancient version to be revived?

那怎样修改古老版本使它流行起来？

youdao

Sort of an ancient version of "I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you."

有点像古老版的“我可以告诉你们，但之后我就要杀了你们。”

youdao

It was just a more refined, more highly evolved, version of Ancient Near Eastern religion.

这是一种更加精炼的，更加进化的,古近东宗教版本。

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Sophisticated information, climate-control and fireextinguishing systems (remember, the ancient version is said to have burned down) complete the picture of a state-of-the-art institution.

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Since Brooks apparently finds thumos so utterly indispensable, one might think he would scour the literature seeking to offer an up-to-date, scientifically-credible version of this illuminating morsel of ancient Greek psychological theory.

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Mr Murakami's version is lurid and surreal, a thrilling mash-up of ancient imagery and trippy effects (detail pictured).

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