The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry, in Crane.

基督教信仰和践行的衰败,在克莱恩看来，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。

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But imagine that what's gone on is there's been decay of the brain structures that underwrite the cognitive functioning.

但这样设想一下,大脑的结构正在败坏,破坏了认知能力。

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Alpha particles are these helium nuclei, and they are the result of radioactive decay.

阿尔法粒子是氦核，它们是放射性衰变的产物。

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Is this really tolerance ? or is it rather a form of moral decay that has simply decided to abandon the search for truth ? and standards of judgment?

这真的是容忍吗,还只是另一种形式的道德沦丧,只不过是决定,放弃找寻真理,和判断的标准？

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And isn't that clear already from their colors, the material that they're made of Gold and silver, these colors marked them as fashioned, precious objects, inorganic, and in all these ways beyond time and nature, growth or decay.

从它们的颜色上很容易知道，制作它们的材料,金银说明它们是,特制的珍贵的物件，非自然生长的，这些都是超越时间自然,不会生长或衰亡。

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It had fallen into decay.

它后来陷落衰败。

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The soul might eventually decay, just like the engine will eventually decay.

灵魂也许最终会腐烂，就像发动机最终会腐烂一样。

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Eventually,the body will decay, turn into atoms or whatever it is,decompose.

最终，肉体会消亡，分解成为原子。

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You might say, "Look, the physicalist can't tell us that, because all the physical parts are still there when you've got the corpse, at least if it's a fresh corpse before the decay has set in.

你可能会说,你看,物理主义不会告诉我们那些的,因为尸体所有的,身体器官部分都还存在,至少对于还未腐烂的尸体而言是这样的

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Decay sets in.

肉身开始腐烂

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