The person finds himself in charge of a revolution he did nothing to discourage but did not create.

这个人发现自己在指挥着一个不是他发起，也无法阻止的革命。

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We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution.

我们认为，首次要求彻底改革的呼声直到工业革命时期才出现。

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But not sufficient to cause the revolution, says Macfarlane.

但不足以引发革命，麦克法兰说。

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The two countries have not had formal relations since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and interaction between the two countries' diplomats has been infrequent.

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Well, of course, that's not the case, that's a sort of a myth for the French Revolution as well.

当然了,这只是个传说而已,这也是关于法国大革命的一个传说罢了

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That's why he calls his essay "On Literary Evolution," not literary "revolution" but literary "evolution."

这就是为什么他的论文题目是，文学进化“,不是，文学革命，而是，文学进化“

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Overall, this is evolution, not revolution, but there are some very welcome updates here.

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Even fellow liberals said that political progress should be made by evolution, not revolution.

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Certainly the demographics suggest that the time is ripe for evolution, if not revolution in the industry.

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