Legacies can be fateful unless you're aware of how that stream has maintained itself.

这种遗传是宿命的，除非你知道它是如何保留下来的。

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The State which maintained itself in unbroken continuity throughout the vicissitudes of more than a thousand years is proverbial for its conservative spirit.

罗马帝国在长达一千多年内，经历各种盛衰荣枯，始终屹立不倒，保持了惊人的统一性，一般公认为是由于帝国的保守主义精神。

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A building might suffer damage by accidental impact from flying debris, but wind itself should not damage a well designed, constructed and maintained hospital.

飞行碎片的意外撞击会使建筑物受损，但风本身不会损害设计完备、妥善建造和维修良好的医院。

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The gravelly trail itself is impeccably maintained, except where downed trees, common wood corpses across the track, impede your way.

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Their relative prosperity over the last decade has largely been maintained by the purchasing power of the euro which itself has been buoyed by the strong German economy.

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He maintained that reasoning in his ruling out Thursday, even while he saved the law itself on other grounds.

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