1816年，阿根廷宣布脱离西班牙而独立。

In 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain.

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她父亲生前是个好静而独立自主的人。

Her father was a quiet self-contained man.

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巴布亚新几内亚1975年脱离澳大利亚而独立。

Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975.

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Now, of course, it could still be that in the real world the one thing cannot exist without the other.

还是可以说,在真实世界里,某物不能脱离于另一物而独立存在

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"For we assert," he says, "nature does nothing in vain and man alone " among the animals has speech.

他说，“因为我们主张自然演变并不无道理,而人类独立于其它动物之外,是因为我们有辩论能力。

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They aren't recourse to a separate science or lore or body of knowledge or interpretive craft that calls upon forces or powers that transcend God or are independent of God.

不依赖于某种独立的技术或知识而存在,或者通过某种手段把超越上帝,或者不受上帝控制的力量聚集起来。

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