The southern state of Virginia is called the Old Dominion.

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It's from that story we have the idea that mankind is responsible or has dominion over the animals and the earth.

从这个故事中，我们感到,人类是重要的，人类统领着,其他动物和整个地球。

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I think dominion is also having a sense of responsibility that feels dualship over this incredible creation that God give as a gift.

我想这里的统治,也包含着一种责任感，那就是对,这个神奇的创造，对上帝赐予我们的礼物,索取的同时，也要负有责任。

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Or Augustus--he had taken the title Augustus by this time, which means "the great"--he himself said, "I transferred the Republic from my power to the dominion of the Senate and the people of Rome."

或者奥古斯都。。。当时他已经使用了这个头衔，意思是“尊崇“，他说，“我已将共和国重还给,元老院及罗马人民统治“

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It took dominion everywhere.

它君临四界。

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And I think there was a time when that sense of dominion was used as justification for using those resources only to serve human needs.

我想，有一段时间里，这种统治感,被人们当做使用资源的借口,仅仅为了满足人类的需求。

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