"We cannot in a way confine ourself that these are the ultimate dates that we may arrive to a final conclusion."

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But what if of certain abusive families and any religious background in location who really confine women to their home?

但是，如果在某些发生虐待现象的家庭里,有着某种宗教背景,而这种宗教背景又允许监禁妇女的情况发生呢？

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But if I would confine myself just to stocks and bonds, then I would get a much higher standard deviation.

但若组合里只有股票和债券，我的标准差会高得多。

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So, to confine the individual, it seems, to one and only one sphere of life would seem to do an injustice to the internal psychological complexity that makes each of us who we are.

所以，将个人约束在，唯一一个人生阶层之中似乎不公,因为忽视了,内心的复杂度,而这正是让我们每一个人显得独特的原因。

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A multiline insurance company insures many different kinds of things and doesn't confine itself to one thing.

多线保险公司为多种事故提供保险,而不是局限于某一种事故

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