Mrs. Taylor deplored the state of affairs caused by the evil person.

泰勒夫人谴责这恶人所造成的事态。

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The state of affairs is not very different today.

今天的事态并没有什么特别的不同。

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Beneficially, the ownership constraint clarifies the state of affairs.

有利的方面是，所有权限制澄清了事件的状态。

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Last week, Mr.Hawass announced plans to resign from his position as head of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs.

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The pig is eager to eat" means the state of affairs that we're talking about is when the pig does the eating.

猪想吃东西",意思是我们在说猪吃东西,这个事件的状态

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Defamiliarization" means precisely pulling you up short or taking you by surprise, making you feel that what you thought was going to be the case or what you thought was the state of affairs is not the state of affairs.

陌生化“就是指让你“突然停下“,或者说，令你惊讶，猝不及防地，让你感觉,我以为会发生的,或者你原本以为事情处于这个状态，而事实却并非如此。

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Does that constitute an oblique comment on the state of affairs between two hostile states?

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Psychiatrists were all too familiar with the state of affairs, she says, but were pessimistic anything could be done.

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We have several reports this morning on the state of affairs in Iraq, beginning with NPR's Dina Temple-Raston in Baghdad.

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