In the mortal (or Muggle) realm, engineers have for years tried with varying degrees of success to build such a device.
而在凡人（或称麻瓜）世界中，工程师们也在经年累月地努力研制这样的装置，并或多或少地取得了一些成功。
Reactions to this behavior may range from tolerance (the dominant wolf standing over the submissive wolf) to mortal attack, particularly in the case of a trespassing alien wolf.
战胜的那头狼对于这种行为会给以容忍，也会对其发出致命的攻击——特别是对于外来侵犯的狼。
It is the story of humanity’s (or at any rate Europe’s) liberation from a pious fatalism that saw every fire and plague as divine punishment for some mortal transgression or other.
该著作的内容是，曾经宿命论将每场大火、每场瘟疫都归咎于神对凡人错误的惩罚，人性（至少在欧洲）终于从虔诚宿命论中解脱出来，获得了自由。
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