Once professional brokers got in on the act, though, the nature of exchanges began to shift. Buyers and sellers lost some of their close contact with markets.

自从专业经纪人介入到交易中，交易的性质即开始发生变化：买主及卖主丧失了与市场的一些联系；交易变得越来越复杂，比如说可以以当前价格买卖将来的货物。

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I was lost in the beauty of nature.

我沉浸在大自然的美妙之中。

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Like scholars of jurisprudence lost in a state of nature, corporate-governance gurus are scraping around, trying to formulate new rules.

正如法学学者在原始状态下就迷失了一样，公司管理的头头们也急得抓耳挠腮，尝试去指定新的规则。

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Arguing that if Congress did not explicitly prohibit its authority it could act to regulate anything, the EPA subsequently lost its legal attempt at naturarchy, seizing absolute power in the name of nature.

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Even so, De Bernardinis not only showed compassion for those who lost loved ones in the earthquake, but he also showed up at every hearing, Nature reported.

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Casting back on his day in his nightly examination of conscience, Hopkins accused himself of a snorting, sour, unspiritual tone to some of his conversations, prayed for those who'd died, were injured, or lost loved ones in the shipwreck, but thanked God for the beauties and contrarities of nature, the tonic of outdoor exercise, and the cheer and solace of his Jesuit brothers.

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