Victory, when it is in accord with progress, merits the applause of the people; but a heroic defeat merits their tender compassion.

一个符合进步的胜利值得人民鼓掌；但一个英勇的失败更应该得到人民的同情。

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Understandably they are dismayed by their country's growing reputation as the world's troublemaker. But, with heroic exceptions, they show little appetite for trying to improve the place.

可以理解他们因祖国以“世界捣蛋国”扬名在外而感到不安，但是令人费解的是，他们并没有想改善现状的意思。

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Some athletes, however, realize the dangers associated with heroic orientations and try to slow the move away from aesthetic orientations in their sports.

不过，有些运动员意识到了与英雄主义取向随之而来的危险，并试图在他们的运动中放慢偏离美学取向的步伐。

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Bedeviled as they are by unwanted memories, images, nightmares and flashbacks that keep the terrifying reality of their experience emotionally alive for them, people with PTSD often go to heroic lengths to avoid anything in the personal or physical environment that reminds them of the trauma.

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