You have given the readers, who have experience even a moment of such anguish, a release to express themselves before it effects their "self-respect".

你给了有此体验哪怕是曾瞬间经历这种巨大痛苦的读者一个释放的出口，在他们“沦陷自尊”之前表达了自我。

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The date was seared-with self-reproach and anguish-in his memory .

这个日子深深铭刻在他的记忆中，充满了自怨自艾和痛苦。

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