The destruction of the story means the destruction of a basic instrument of human knowledge and self-knowledge.

摧毁了故事，就意味着摧毁了一种人类了解知识和自我认知的基本手段。

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Embedded within the explicit plot of the simile is a secret, a kind of buried narrative, and it's a hidden story that illustrates Satan's self-destruction.

深藏在这个比喻精巧的情节布局里的，是一个秘密，一个被深埋已久的故事，一个隐藏着的，阐述了撒旦自我毁灭的故事。

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Me and my girl had a nasty breakup after months of me not just falling, but running headlong into the depths of depression and self-destruction.

几个月间我不止是堕落而且在抑郁和自我毁灭的深渊中不断下滑，我和女友终于撕破了脸分了手。

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If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.

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Embedded within the explicit plot of the simile is a secret, a kind of buried narrative, and it's a hidden story that illustrates Satan's self-destruction.

深藏在这个比喻精巧的情节布局里的，是一个秘密，一个被深埋已久的故事，一个隐藏着的，阐述了撒旦自我毁灭的故事。

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He spent much of his life doing generous things, but just enough doing reckless things to join the long index of scandals and self-destruction in untold Kennedy histories to come.

CNN: Tragedy Strikes Again

The discussion in support of the charter is simple: Form a global partnership to care for Earth and mankind, or risk self-destruction and the loss of diversity of life.

CNN: Earth Charter sets course for sustainable living

"It can either take the right path toward a bright future and prosperity, or it can take a bad road toward further and deeper isolation and eventual self-destruction, " he said.

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