Our civilisation will not survive in anything like its present form, but we can at least aim for a managed retreat to a saner world.

我们的文明将无法以任何一种目前的形式维系，不过我们至少能有目标地稳步后撤，回到一个更理智的世界。

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No photosynthesis could take place under the complete darkness, but the phototrophs mostly managed to survive based on nutrients cycled by the active mixotrophs.

在完全黑暗的条件下，根本无法进行光合作用，但绝大多数光养生物都通过依赖混合营养体的营养循环生存了下来。

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Still, Mr Assad has managed somehow not only to survive American pressure but also to make himself a force to be reckoned with.

但阿萨德不仅在美国的压力下生存下来，而且成为要认真对付的力量。

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It was nearly eliminated by the Newt Gingrich-led GOP House in 1995 as one more government agency meddling in the practice of medicine, but managed to survive with a change to the current name, an altered mission and a 20 percent budget cut.

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But the Jesuits managed to survive in Russia and Prussia, whose rulers refused to obey the papal bull which was eventually rescinded in 1814.

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There is almost certainly more fallout to come from the European banking and sovereign debt messes, but the U.S. seems to have managed to survive the worst of the crisis.

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