How did this unhappy state of affairs come about?

这种不幸的情况是怎么发生的呢？

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This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947.

这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。

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This was another example of press intrusion into the affairs of the royals.

这是新闻界侵扰王室成员私事的又一实例。

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He spoke to the World Affairs Council in Houston earlier this month about the dangers and costs of cyber assaults.

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The Protestant Reformation, and especially the rising energies of Puritanism in the early seventeenth century, are beginning to do a lot to change this state of affairs.

新教宗教改革，尤其是活力不断上升的清教主义,在17世纪早期，为了改变这种状态开始做出许多努力。

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But nonetheless, Peter the Great creates this huge empire that will have over the long run, an enormous influence in European affairs.

即使如此,彼得大帝还是一手创造了,这个庞大的帝国,长远来看将对欧洲事务产生极大影响

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Proof of this dismal state of affairs came this week with the publication of a supportive profile of University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer in The Atlantic Monthly written by the magazine's in-house foreign policy guru Robert Kaplan.

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This state of affairs has to change if we are to have a more functional government.

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This state of affairs is even more striking in international affairs than in domestic politics.

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