The sense of national identity tends to create two kinds of effect upon society, which is either positive or negative.

民族认同意识可能产生积极的和消极的两种社会作用。

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And, in a sense Mr Qaddafi is unlikely to have foreseen, the trauma of his rule may have forged a national identity much more heartfelt than it was before.

并且，在某种意义上卡扎菲先生不大可能会预见到，他的统治所带来的创伤会将国家认同感打造的比以前更加诚挚。

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This pact was thought at the time to be an interim compromise, necessary until Lebanon formed its own sense of a national identity.

当时，该公约被认为是过渡性的妥协，直到黎巴嫩后来有了国家概念的时候才显得必要了。

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"On the other hand, there is this strong sense of patriotism and a bit of insecurity about our national identity, " she says.

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Ocalan, 49, said late last year he had little sense of national identity until he was a teenager, but was struck by the powerlessness of his poor, illiterate farming parents.

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The side streets that fan out from it are home to a number of cultural and environmental agencies, including the Royal Film Commission and Wild Jordan -- and in this blossoming street network you get a sense of a new creative national identity sprouting up.

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