在他的小说中我们可以看到人类本性中那阴暗和毁灭性的力量在起作用的景象。

We see in his novels the vision of the dark and destructive forces at work in human nature.

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重要的是要理解在我们自己的行动背后起作用的那些强大的经济和社会力量。

It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.

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它只在血液流动较缓的静脉中起作用。

It works only in the veins, where the blood flow is slower.

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But, I give a lot of credit to the European politics of the late 17th and 18th century.

但是，我觉得很大程度上得益于欧洲政治,在17世纪末和18世纪，起的作用。

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And... a lot of, a lot of the role was played by the colonial powers within the conflict.

然后呢。,有很多事取决于殖民力量,在冲突中起的作用。

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To speak both of Jove and of Christ is obviously in some ways to mix your metaphors and the effect can only be disorienting.

同时提到丘比特和救世主在某种方式上,很明显使人们对暗喻和其所起的作用感到迷惑。

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