To hold that the state ought to ban expressions of belief that the state disagrees with - say, the belief that a woman ought to dress modestly - is to reinvent the sacred.

对于国家反对的信仰，坚持认为国家应该禁止其表达——也就是说，一位女士应该如何穿着得体的信仰——这个神圣信仰需要被重新发明出来。

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To be in a state of impurity simply means that one is not qualified to contact the sacred.

处于不纯洁的状态仅仅意味着，没有资格去接触神圣的事物。

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It is the sacred right and glorious duty of the government and people of each country to safeguard their state sovereignty and security.

维护自己国家的主权和安全，是每个国家的和人民的神圣权利与光荣职责。

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To be in a state of purity simply means that one is qualified to contact the sacred: to enter the sacred precincts, to handle sacred objects, and so on.

处于纯洁的状态仅仅意味着有资格,去接触神圣，比如说进入圣地的周边地区，打理神圣的物件，等等。

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To be in a state of impurity simply means that one is not qualified to contact the sacred.

处于不纯洁的状态仅仅意味着,没有资格去接触神圣的事物。

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Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who brought the decision before the full cabinet, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and their colleagues all asserted that by committing the state to defending its warriors, they were fulfilling their sacred duty to protect Israel's protectors.

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