And Milton's power for so many of these contemporaries was seen as palpably destructive and truly frightening.

在很多这样的同时代的人看来，弥尔顿的力量,破坏力显而易见，着实吓人。

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These numbers are so low they could be dismissed as people filling in the wrong things or making jokes or just being confused compared to-- stunningly superstitious high rankings.

这些比例低到,可以把它们当成人们填错表格,或者开玩笑，或者看不懂题目造成的误差,相比于…,那些高得吓人的比例。

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That's pretty scary. Wouldn't it be?

够吓人的吧,对不对

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

This is pretty scary.

所以］霍布斯的观点当然吓人

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