Guilt is vague and inactive and tends to paralyze you.

罪恶感是模糊的，怠惰的，往往会令你麻木难行。

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Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.

如果一天到晚一直沉浸在里面， 生活便开始一片混乱。你将什么也做不了。

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In 1530 it meant to paralyze, deaden, stupefy, to stun or deprive of sensation, as by a blow.

1530年，它的意思是使人瘫痪、麻木、失去知觉、昏迷或者丧失感觉，就好像被人猛打了一顿。

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