In order for a design to work well we have to have every component there.

如果要使一种设计运转良好,这个设计的零部件就必须完整可靠

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So the parts of the car existed prior to the existence of the car itself.

所以车的零部件,是先于车本身而存在的

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All these components have to be compatible with each other and it has to work according to a plan, which ultimately is informed by this theory.

所有的零部件都要能够相互兼容,并能发挥作用,按照上述理论

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Cars are made up of parts that existed before the car itself existed.

汽车是由不同的零部件组成的,它们在车组装好之前就已经存在了

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And these parts got assembled and put together to make up a car.

这些零部件组装到一起生产出了一辆车

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If one component is missing we may have a failure.

即使缺少一个零部件都会导致失败

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And if that's right, if there can be parts that I have now that weren't one of the parts from which I was made, there's no particular reason to think it's going to be one of the parts that's going to continue to exist after I die.

如果这是事实,如果说现在构成我的一些零部件,并不是在我存在之前就存在的,那我们就没理由相信,这些零部件会在我死后,继续存在下去

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