他的行为是出于权宜之计而非原则。

He acted out of expediency, not principle.

《牛津词典》

根据宪法，宗教行为是可允许的。

Religious practices are permissible under the Constitution.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

这种行为是完全不能接受的。

This behaviour is totally unacceptable.

《牛津词典》

This was an act of compulsion, and the poet had to be forced to press this lyric out of himself.

这是一个强迫性的行为,诗人被迫绞尽脑汁写出这首诗来。

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In other words, only if we really are sure that the historicist act of reading is effective and works, if I know the meaning of a text. Well, fine.

换言之，要是我们确定,阅读这个历史主义行为是有效的，有用的，如果我知道文本的意思，那么，很好。

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So, we know ourselves that our behavior is due to a complicated cluster of the situation and our personal natures.

我们知道我们的行为是由于,一连串复杂的情况和我们的个人本性。

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