The idea that anyone practises human sacrifice is ridiculous.

实行活人献祭的想法是很荒谬的。

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Over time human sacrifice has become less common around the world, and sacrifices are now very rare.

活人祭逐渐在世界上销声匿迹，时至今日已经罕有所闻。

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From the Shang perspective, human sacrifice was simply part of a remarkably well organized system.

以商朝的看法，活人祭只不过是非常好的制度的一部分。

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In other words, in the absence of human agency, the first sacrifice for literary theory is the author, the idea of the author.

换句话说，由于不懂人类起源，文学理论的第一牺牲者,就是作家，作家的思想。

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Speculation over its original use ranges from human sacrifice and the occult, to ceremonial druidic practices, and has long confused and enraptured historians.

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We must not sacrifice human connection in exchange for the false reality of a purely digital life.

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The only thing I'm saying is you cannot sacrifice a human life, no matter how small, for the benefit of a third party.

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