They had no choice but to ask if they could pay the bill after the operation because the patient was close to death.

因为病人已经快死了，他们别无选择，只能询问能不能术后再付手术费。

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Bill Stone: the analog to Europa was very close, and even more so because the place we were going was completely unexplored.

比尔·斯通：(西邦尼胡的)模拟图与“欧罗巴”十分接近，甚至比这还要接近，因为我们要去的这个地方是完全没有被探索过的。

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Sergei Magnitsky worked for Hermitage Capital, an investment fund run by Bill Browder, once a loyal Putinist who was barred from Russia in 2005 after feuding with firms close to the Kremlin.

Sergei Magnitsky曾就职于隐士资本管理公司，公司一把手比尔•布劳德曾是普京的忠实拥护者，但2005年因为长期与克里姆林宫亲近的公司结怨而被逐出了俄罗斯。

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