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But even more strongly,

但表现得更为强烈的
I think the idea after the Second World War,

我认为是在二战结束后
when this idea took even stronger roots to the point

那时战胜国结盟的意识更深地根植于人们心中
where you know people have this quasi-religious feeling,

甚至已经成为了一种宗教似的信念
at least some of them do,

至少有一部分人是这样
about the desire to avoid having parochial national interests,

人们渴望避免狭隘的国家利益
determined what you're going to do in international relations.

这决定了你在国际关系上的作为
Everything has to be done somehow as though

所有的行动都应该通过这种方式完成
there were a world government that really existed

即好像是由一个真实存在的世界政府
and really managed things,

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and although everybody knows that's not true,

尽管所有人都知道事实并非如此
it's thought to be bad form to face that fact.

但他们就是不愿面对这一事实