尽管罪行可怖，但罗森博格极度的情感反应还是令人意外。

Though the crime was horrific, Rosenberg's deeply emotional reaction was surprising.

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一个“深渊”，一个未知的极深的黑暗所在，看起来都是可怖的景象。

An abyss, an unknown dark place of great depth, would seem a frightening prospect.

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但这种心情太可怖了。当我试图去了解其原委时，我就有种感觉，我没法像别人那样去谴责。

But it was too terrible for that When I tried to understand it, I had the feeling I was failing to condemn it as it must be condemned.

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It's the violence of this horrible act of self-sacrifice, this tragic act of self-sacrifice -- an act of self-sacrifice - intended obviously to preserve the state of virginity -- that grabs our attention and presumably grabbed Milton's.

正是这种可怖的自我牺牲行为的暴力，这种悲剧的自我牺牲--这种明显是,要保护童贞的自我牺牲的行为-,吸引了我们的注意力，大概也吸引了弥尔顿的注意力。

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