Blaming a bad result on an offended spirit or a good result on divine favour is far more comforting than accepting the cold indifference of probability.

谴责违背精神的坏结果或者上帝庇佑的好结果比接受冷酷无情的概率更令人兴奋。

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The team has a good spirit, a good mentality, a good attitude and that will come out longer term. We have had a bad start but I believe we can bounce back and be very strong this season.

球队的精神状态和心态预计态度都表现得很好，这几方面所带来的好结果会在漫长的赛季中体现出来，我们的开局很糟糕，但我相信我们会振作起来的，并且能在这个赛季变得越发强大。

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“Commercialization is not bad as long as we don't vulgarize the traditions and as long as we keep the spirit without violating it,” said Tan Huwa, a historian at Yan’an University.

延安大学历史学者谭华说：“只有我们不使传统庸俗化，只要我们坚持并不违背这种精神，商业化也可能成为好事。”

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The parade includes the ritual burning of an effigy of King Momo, a bad spirit.

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The Isle of Man's Health Minister David Anderson, himself a farmer from Patrick, said while things are bad the community spirit is shining through.

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Bell sees this apocalyptic and unreal rhetoric as one of the continuing and ever-present enemies of the human spirit, a bad legacy of a bad time.

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