Confucius set himself against it, even against burying ceramic tomb figures with dead, because ceramic tomb figures still looked like persons, and it was disrespect to humans.

而孔子就坚决反对这种拿活人陪葬的做法，他甚至反对拿陶俑做陪葬，因为这种陶俑还是人的样子，是对人类的不尊重。

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He has held out a sincere hand to Iran; he has ordered guantanamo closed within a year; he has set himself firmly against torture.

他向伊朗伸出了真诚的手，他下令在一年内关闭关塔纳摩监狱，他坚决反对刑讯。

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He had set it on his head and looked at himself in the large mirror which, as in the Geneva studio, leaned against the wall.

他戴上帽子，从大镜子里去看自己，镜子也象在日内瓦一样是靠着墙的。

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Mr Brown has set himself against the possibility of competition between providers and the choice for consumers that is its natural consequence.

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With Hard Times (1854) - a critique of the political theory of utilitarianism which holds that the proper course of action is the one that seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people - Dickens set himself against thinkers like Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith and their influence on government policy.

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Speaking from his bed in Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital, Mike told me he had discharged himself against doctors' orders after the first set of tests at the start of the week.

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