Their love affair was played out against the backdrop of war.

他们在战争的背景下发生恋情。

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The love story unfolds against a background of civil war.

这爱情故事以内战为背景展开。

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Uruk, for instance, had two patron gods—Anu, the god of the sky and sovereign of all other gods, and Inanna, a goddess of love and war—and there were others, patrons of different cities.

例如，乌鲁克有两个守护神——阿努，天空之神，是所有其他神的主宰；伊娜娜，是爱与战争女神；还有其他不同城市的守护神。

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But his love of war stories, rifles, and shotguns never extended into the realm of automatic or semi-automatic weapons.

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He explained why stores like his and Google are ready to write the eBook of love, not war.

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Their story across both books has as many interpretations as characters: Stuart (pedestrian materialist or honest realist) is the victim (all's fair in love and war) of his best friend Oliver (pretentious parasite or inspired romantic) who steals (wins) his wife, Gillian, and goes to live with her in France.

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