Karen Ebel's father emigrated to the U.S.in 1937 from Germany to flee the increasingly oppressive Nazi state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

He's the friend of women everywhere, at least for a few of his female readers in the eighteenth century, and for many he's the very embodiment of oppressive patriarchy.

他到处都有女人缘，至少在18世纪他有不少女性读者，但对很多人来说他是压抑的男权主义的象征。

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Because the wardens-- people off the street, randomly divided- were becoming so oppressive.

因为随意找来的，随机分配的典狱长们-,变得非常残暴。

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Well, if that's right, then should we say that the pervasiveness of death, ubiquitousness of death-- the thing that I was earlier suggesting was oppressive-- wouldn't it really be nice to have a death-free time or a death-free location or death-free activities?

如果是这样的话，那我们是不是应该说死亡的普遍性，死亡的无处不在性-,这些我之前所说的特征是不对的-,如果有死亡免疫时间或者死亡免疫地点,或者死亡免疫活动岂不是很好吗？

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