Facing defeat, the people always feel dejected.

面对失败，人们总是黯然神伤。

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Thus, when facing a disaster, one person might interpret it as a challenge to be mastered, another as a certain defeat, while a third might see it as the punishment he or she deserves.

因此，当面对灾难的时候；有人会认为这是一个可以克服的挑战，也有人认为这是难以战胜的，而第三个人会认为这是他（她）应受的报应。

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What is really meant by the term defeat, in the parlance of conventional military aims, when facing a shadowy global terrorist network?,".

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