She published another influential book, "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies,"

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But Milton was also beginning to develop in this period a much more strict, a much more disciplined religious temperament.

但弥尔顿这时也开始发展一种更严格，更符合一定规则的宗教性文字。

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This parable may seem, I think, to be a little more compatible with Milton's general temperament in the years of his studious retirement.

我认为，第二则寓言与弥尔顿，的性情更相符,在他潜心学习的那几年里。

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More than one can say or care to admit, it may ultimately be a matter of temperament which path one chooses to take.

比起大家可以说出来或者愿意承认的程度更甚，可能最终,选择走那条路的问题会成为一个个性问题。

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But the fact that Peter was a czar and was rather scary in his temperament, because he had a rather bad temper, too, meant that he could be alarming.

而彼得大帝是沙皇,加上发起怒来十分可怕,因为他暴躁易怒,人们畏惧他

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If I told you that I decided to buy a greyhound instead of a pit bull because I wanted a dog of a gentle temperament, nobody would scream that I'm a dog racist involving--and--but honestly, it's a stereotype.

如果我告诉你我决定,买一条灵缇犬，而不是斗牛犬,因为我想要一条温驯的狗，没有人会说我是狗品种主义者,但说实话，这就是刻板印象。

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And for Milton, whose temperament up to this point inclined him obviously to hesitation, to postponement, and to merely the anticipation of profit, the pressure applied by this parable of the unprofitable servant may very well have seemed utterly unbearable.

对于弥尔顿来说，这是性格使然,他读到这里会犹豫，会止步不前，会对利益有所期待，这则寓言中毫无收益的仆人,给了他无尽的压力。

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