The court ruled that the state had failed to prepare the soldiers properly or to protect them.

法庭裁定国家未能有效对士兵加以训练，并对他们提供保护。

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To this day there is an argument raging between the two areas over whether the south seceded to maintain slavery or to protect states' rights, and the idea of free trade.

直到今天两个地区间仍会就南部脱离奴隶制度保护州的权利以及自由贸易权利产生争执不下。

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There are those who consider it questionable that these defense-linked research projects will either improve our standard of living or do much to protect our diminishing resources.

有些人怀疑这些与国防有关的研究项目能否提高我们的生活水平，或者对保护我们日益减少的资源能否起到很大的作用。

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The aim is to protect American military technology or technology with possible military uses to other countries or to terrorists.

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His magic is directed at the metadivine realm, trying to tap into its powers. It's not directed at the gods. It's trying to tap into the ultimate source of power to use that power to influence the gods in a particular way or protect oneself against the gods.

这种法术的对象是超神领域，试图获得其中的神力,它不直接针对神，而是通过接近,神力的源头来获得力量，用特殊的方式影响众神,或保护某人不受到神的伤害。

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If we had the proper risk management institutions in place, people would have anticipated this risk and would have made swaps or other arrangements to protect themselves against it.

如果我们有合适的风险管理机构，人们能够预料到这种风险,能够提前进行交换或者其他安排,保护自己免受损失。

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The Court basically asserted that most attempts to regulate the private marketplace, or to protect workers, were unconstitutional.

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The Israeli military says it uses administrative detention when it fears an immediate risk to security or to protect informants.

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Abramoff's big wrongdoing was in shaking down Indian tribes that wanted either to get casino licenses or to protect current casinos from competition.

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