According to Sen, this is regrettable because it leads to people giving one of their identities – religious, say, or cultural – priority over all others at a time when it is essential that children broaden their intellectual horizons.

在Sen看来，这是非常令人遗憾的，因为它让人们在孩子需要扩展他们的知识层面的关键时候把他们的某一种身份——宗教上的或是文化上的——凌驾于所 有其他身份之上。

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First, the doctrine of “preemption,” which was devised in response to the 2001 attacks, was inappropriately broadened to include Iraq and other so-called “rogue states” that threatened to develop weapons of mass destruction.

首先，为回应2001年袭击制定的“先发制人”的总体策略被不恰当地扩大到涵盖伊拉克和其它威胁要发展大规模杀伤性武器的其它所谓“流氓”国家。

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We also urge creditor countries to facilitate the implementation of the HIPC for debt reduction, by broadening the number of eligible countries and making the established conditions more flexible.

我们还促请债权国为减轻重灾穷国的债务提供便利，办法是增加合格国家的数13，使既定条件更加灵活变通。

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