It is fear, not reason, that leads us to abandon the state of nature and sue for peace.

与理性不同，恐惧让我们放弃自然状态，转而去寻求和平。

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"Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth," ran one popular Victorian maxim, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.

维多利亚时代流传着一则箴言：“造物主赋予人类嘴唇以遮掩牙齿”。这暗示了在严格意义上的牙科学诞生之前，口腔的卫生状况往往非常糟糕。

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Naturalness refers to a natural state of being, an attitude of following the way of nature.

自然是指一种自然的存在状态，一种遵循自然方式的态度。

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In its statement, the State Department said Clinton's decision "recognizes the complicated nature of the actions" that led to the Honduran president's departure.

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Everyone is an enforcer or what Locke calls " "the executor"of the state of nature and he means executor literally.

每个人都是执行者，或洛克说的,自然法的“执刑者,这个“执刑者“可以字面上理解。

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Remember, the state of nature is the condition that we decide to leave, and that's what gives rise to consent.

记住，自然状态是我们决定脱离的状态，正是因此，产生了同意这一概念。

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