活在过去有什么意义，思考已经发生的或者没有发生的事情？

What was the point in living in the past, thinking about what had or had not happened?

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这意味着未成年人享有物质利益和法律保护，这是会让那些生活在过去的人感到羡慕的。

This means minors enjoy material benefits and legal protections that would have been the envy of those living in the past.

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有些人总是活在过去的时光里。

Some people spend their lives living in the past.

youdao

Yes and no. It was fascinating to be as Wordsworth says, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive" -to be around in those days, but at the same time I think it's rather advantageous for us to be still "in theory."

可以说会，也可以说不会,正如华兹华斯所说，“能活在那黎明时光是何等幸福“,虽然过去对人有很大吸引力，但同时我们还是,只在理论层面研究比较好“

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