The nymphs, of course, are powerless, and worse than that, the nymphs, as we know and of course as John Milton knew, are merely fictions. This is all made up.

海洋女神当然无能为力，更糟糕的是，海洋女神，我们都知道，弥尔顿也知道，只是虚构的，这都是虚构的。

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It's like adding insult to injury that " I'm powerless in the face of death.

这就像受伤害之后还被侮辱,“面对死亡我无能为力。

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