URUGUAY, lying just across the muddy waters of the River Plate from Argentina, has been fated in recent decades both to be buffeted by, and to benefit from, its big neighbour’s secular instability.

乌拉圭,与阿根廷隔着混浊的拉普拉塔河而相望。 这个国家在最近的一、二十年里，不是受到他的巨人邻居社会经济长期不稳的冲击就是受益于其中。

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But since we're still alive, we must be fated to live.

不过我们现在都还活着，我们命不该绝。

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To be sure, the merger, which would be the internet industry's biggest since the ill-fated union of AOL and Time Warner in 2000, is far from a done deal.

毫无疑问这起并购案将是自2000年美国在线服务公司与时代华纳合并之后互联网行业最大的一起。

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But when it came to treason, he was less likely to be merciful, as the case of Alexis, his ill-fated son would demonstrate.

只是对于背叛者,他是绝不手软的,他那不幸的儿子阿列克思就是一个例证

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