They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive.

他们开始放低嗓门，不再那么肯定了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.

图书馆是对未来的一种投资，不应该让图书馆衰落。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He knew an intimate little bar where they would not be disturbed.

他知道一处适合幽会的小酒吧，他们在那里不会受到打扰。

《牛津词典》

They wanted new states to be free from slavery, so they would not have to compete with slave labor.

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The problems that Frost's poetry poses for us as readers are not problems of reference. They can't be solved by footnotes.

他的诗歌给我们的困难,不是参考的问题，它们不能就用脚注解决。

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The fallen angels may be -- okay, they may be violating mother earth, not so great, but look what this violation produces.

这些堕落天使可能没有那么严重地侵略大地母亲，但是看看这侵略带来了什么。

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Children must have the freedom to be who they wish to be, they must not be directed, they should be simply allowed to explore the world as they desire.

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Yet the big unknown, according to Kanas, does not involve who astronauts will not be able to talk to or what gifts they will not be able to get, but instead what they will not be able to clearly see: planet Earth.

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And I, for one, am determined not to have my children inherit a country governed by Shariah, in which they will not be equal, in which they will not enjoy the freedoms we take for granted, and which, in fact, especially given their old man, they may not be alive.

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