Third, primary groups are fundamental because they serve as powerful instruments for social control.

第三，初级群体是基础，因为他们是社会控制的有力工具。

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Second, primary groups are fundamental because they provide the settings in which we meet most of our personal needs.

第二，主要群体是基本的，因为他们提供了供我们满足大多数个人需求的条件。

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Primary groups are fundamental to us and to society.

初级群体对于我们和社会起基础性作用。

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But within all of these groups is an attempted try to get down something that's so fundamental, and we just have to safeguard. I'm thinking broadly in terms of social justice criteria, others may say human dignity. There're certain things we do to safeguard others' human dignity.

但在所有这些群体中都有一种努力,在尝试着记录下最根本的东西，而我们要做的就是维护，我在广泛思考着,社会正义的标准，其他人可能会说是人的尊严，有些事情,我们会做从而维护他人的尊严。

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