She knew that he could only repent, and not reform.

她知道他只能懊悔，而不能改过自新。

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Was there no meaning in the live repose of the valley behind the mill, and which Homer or Shakspeare could not reform for me in words?

磨坊后面的峡谷里，那鲜活的静谧，就连荷马和莎翁都无法用言辞形容——这难道没有一丝意味吗？

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It's hard not to be cynical about reform.

很难对改革不持怀疑态度。

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If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.

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The reform of politics may not be within our power but the exercise of self-control always is.

政治改革,也许并非我们能力所及,但自控的练习却永远是想要参与政治改革的个体。

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I don't want to exaggerate this too much but the largest riots in Britain in the eighteenth century are not the riots for political reform at all.

我不想过多地夸张,但十八世纪英国最大的暴乱,完全不是关于政治改革

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The NFLPA decertified in 1989 in order to bring an antitrust case and did not reform again until 1993.

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Where income inequality worsened, it was mainly because of recession, not reform.

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This is not a foregone conclusion but, if Italy does not reform, an exit from EMU within 5 years is not totally unlikely.

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