Critics say that e-mails and other information sent through cloud providers are no longer private anyway, just by virtue of being on the web.

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The position that Milton -- this is how I like to read it - the position that Milton would like to be able to take on this question of virtue's reward is formulated by the Elder Brother in Comus.

弥尔顿的立场--我下面要读,-弥尔顿关于贞操的报偿这一问题的立场,通过《科玛斯》中的哥哥这一角色表达出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

All of these heroes are aristocrats in the traditional sense of the word; they arrive at their high standing in their community by virtue of birth.

而所有这些英雄们,从传统角度来说,都是贵族,他们在社会中得到了很高的名望,因为他们生而高贵

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Our best science suggests that a well-functioning body can perform these things, can think and plan and fall in love by virtue of the fact that the brain is functioning properly.

现今科学认为,一个运作良好的肉体能够做到以下事情,思考,规划,以及彼此相爱,这都得益于,大脑的正常运作

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Finally, Milton's poem is late by virtue of the simple fact that it's written in the form of an epic. An epic might have seemed like a great idea when Milton was nineteen, but by the time Milton gets actually around to writing it, it's an entirely superannuated, utterly outdated form.

最后，弥尔顿这么晚才写这首诗是因为,这是一首史诗，在弥尔顿19岁的时候,写首史诗看起来可能是个好主意，但到了弥尔顿真正要写的时候，史诗已经是一种完全落伍过时的诗体了。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We have a younger storm god who usurps power from an older god by virtue of a victory over a water god. Remember Enuma Elish, which we read at the very beginning of the semester.

暴风之神从老神那里篡权,通过打败水神，记得Enuma，Elish吗？,开学的时候，在阅读中遇到过。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And of course, since it's not just black and white, good life or bad life, but various shades of gray, better lives and worse lives, what's the yardstick by virtue of ? which we measure better and worse lives?

因为不是单纯的黑白，好或坏的人生，两者是混杂的，更好的人生和更坏的人生，衡量更好和更坏人生的,道德标准是什么？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选