Many might think the idea batty in present circumstances.

许多人可能认为这一想法在当前情况下颇为古怪。

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This holds that the present circumstances are in fact all wrong.

此论点认为目前的环境是完全错误的。

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Do certain circumstances bring out this trait? "Does this trait really define you if particular circumstances must be present in order for the trait to emerge?"

是特定的环境造成的这种特质吗？“如果导致这种特质的特殊环境出现，这种特质真的能定义你吗？”

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But the question is, in my present circumstances, with evil on my hands, entailed from my father, would the general interest of the slaves and community at large, with reference to the slaves, be promoted best by emancipation?

但问题是,在我目前的情况下,我已犯下如此罪行,我延续了父辈的罪恶,对于奴隶的问题,解放是否能够使,他们和全社会的整体利益得到提升呢

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In the present circumstances, the best case scenario for Israel is that the Palestinians bring their membership resolution before the Security Council and the US immediately vetoes it.

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In the present economic circumstances, several of the prime minister's critics from within his own party might well cross the floor or, worse, mount a palace revolution to wrest away the party leadership.

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To be sure, even if China had not decided years ago to play the Pakistani "card" against the PRC's democratic enemy, India, by arming the Paks to the teeth, the present circumstances in Kashmir may still have produced yet another war between the two countries.

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