Its successor, on the other hand, appeared to pit key socioeconomic groups in a life-or-death struggle and was widely seen by contemporary observers as marking a historical departure.

另一方面，它的继任者似乎让关键的社会经济群体陷入生死斗争，被当代观察家广泛视为历史背离的标志。

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The expression group of death was not coined to suggest death by boredom, though this attractive and eagerly anticipated fixture only produced an earnest but tedious midfield struggle.

“死亡之组”一语与“无聊得要死”毫不相干，但这场引人瞩目、备受期待的比赛却着实成为一场真刀真枪却沉闷无趣的中场大绞杀。

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From the spring of 1947 to his death in 1950 Orwell would re-enact every aspect of this struggle in the most painful way imaginable.

从1947年的春天到离开人世的1950年，奥威尔以可想象得到的最痛苦的方式呕心写作。

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As foreigners struggle to get out of Lebanon, the death toll among civilians continues to rise.

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It is about the death penalty, about a society's struggle to reconcile its religious beliefs with its growing frustration over violent crime.

CNN: THE DEATH PENALTY DILEMMA

News that Hosni Mubarak, ousted last year after 30 years as despot, was near to death after a stroke in prison may be irrelevant to the outcome of the current power struggle.

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