You can therefore assume it was divinely sanctioned.

因此你会认为它曾经是得到神明允许的

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But at the time period that we are examining, the period in which he writes Comus, the early 1630s, Milton seems very much interested in remaining virginal forever, avoiding even the sanctioned loss of virginity which is the state of marriage.

但在我们研究这段时期时，17世纪30年代初他写《Comus》的时期，弥尔顿似乎还对永远保持童贞非常感兴趣，甚至避开支持婚姻所必须经历的一个阶段,失去童贞。

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