The very meaning of that word - to hand down denies intelligence.

传统这个词的含义，去传承，正是对智慧的否定。

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His hand moved to his mouth as he tried to damp down the panic.

他用手捂住了嘴，试图使惊恐的情绪平静下来。

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She smacked her hand down on to the table.

她啪地一拍桌子。

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She looked down to see that her hand lay upon a pile of silk stockings.

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So here's what, a little more than halfway down, the left-hand column, page 917, Derrida has to say about that.

所以这里，中部偏下，第917页左边，德里达说出了自己关于它的看法。

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And some of them might be spinning clockwise, in which case, according to the right-hand rule we would consider them spin-down.

而另一些电子则是在顺时针自旋，在这种情况下，根据右手定理,我们会以为它是在向下转。

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Particularly in Confucian societies in East Asia, people are more keen to hand down the latest tools and knowledge to the next generation.

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Our correspondent says that it is unusual for an Indian court to hand down the death penalty, and few people are actually executed.

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The Supreme Court will be taking a close look at California's Proposition 8, and it is expected to hand down its ruling in June.

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