These are drives that the poem seems to be struggling to keep in check, or that Milton is representing the poem as struggling to keep in check, or to purge in some way.

这就是促使诗歌努力去抑制竞争，或者弥尔顿代表诗歌去抑制竞争，或以某些方式去净化。

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The democracy itself needs a literate citizen rate in order to keep it in check.

为了保持国家的持续进步,一个民主国家需要更多的高文化素养的公民。

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