He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity."

他辩称说，过分拥挤的城市是建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的制度造成的。

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He argued his case forcefully.

他雄辩地阐述了他的立场。

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He argued in favour of a strike.

他据理力争主张罢工。

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He had warned of the threat of such weapons as he argued for military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

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He argued that monotheism and polytheism are so radically distinct that one could not possibly have evolved from the other.

他认为一神论和多神论是截然不同的,不可能是一个由另一个进化而来。

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He argued that this John Milton fellow simply couldn't be heeded on matters of the church, or on matters of the state, because Milton himself had absolutely no moral authority.

他批判到,弥尔顿根本不重视教会事务，或者国家事物，因为弥尔顿自己就没有绝对的道德权威。

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There was no contradiction in seeking both economic stability and social justice, he argued.

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With the market value plummeting, he argued, mark-to-market accounting turned AIG's balance sheet into a nightmare.

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Instead he argued that the law pre-empts the federal government's power to set immigration policy.

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