尽管如此，战后数年的水文勘察工作最终证明，的确有在萨马拉附近建设一座电厂的必要性。
However, the after-war years were marked by hydrogeological investigations which proved appropriateness of plant construction next to Samara.
因此战后的和平并不标志着民族主义的消褪，而是证明了其“成功”。
Thus the post-war peace may not mark a defeat for ethnic nationalism, but rather demonstrates its “success”.
在战后的岁月里，索姆河成了一个典型，证明着战争带来的巨大浪费与战争本身的毫无意义，它不仅象征着战争的幻灭，也象征着英雄主义这概念的幻灭。
In the postwar years, the Somme exemplified the waste and futility of battle, symbolizing disillusionment not only with war, but with the very idea of heroism.
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