来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第2集 第2集》

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  And the system is axiomatic.
  这个系统是不言自明的
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  It's based on deductive reasoning from first principles.
  它是以对基本原理的演绎推理为基础
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  Central, of course, to all of it was the climate of Greece,
  这中心因素当然就是希腊的气候
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  with its seasonal patterns
  也包括希腊的季节性模式
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  and its specific patient population.
  和其具体的患者数量
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  Many were malarial victims with the complications of pneumonia.
  许多人是疟疾的受害人并患有肺炎并发症
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  And Hippocrates, indeed, was the world's first malariologist.
  希波克拉底是世界上第一个疟疾学家
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  Now, health consisted--was called eucrasia,
  健康 又被称作体质正常
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  which meant a balance or equilibrium of the humors,
  是指体液平衡
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  and therefore the qualities.
  也就是体液的特性平衡
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  And variations are possible,
  只要保持在一个临界值内
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  up to a certain threshold,
  均衡附近的变动是在健康范围内的