the root of the trouble

A little story called "The Frost King," which I wrote and sent to Mr. Anagnos, of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, was at the root of the trouble.

我曾编写过一个题目叫做《冰雪之王》的小故事，我还把它送给了帕金斯盲人学院的阿纳戈诺斯先生，这个故事就是引起麻烦的根源。

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I might not catch on to what the root of the trouble was in all that happened, but my ear told me it was dramatic.

我可能不大搞得清麻烦事的来龙去脉，不过我的耳朵听出故事挺有戏剧性。

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His absence is the root of the trouble.

他没来,这是麻烦的根源.

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His selfishness was the root of trouble.

他的自私是苦恼的根源.

《简明英汉词典》

Audience: Why do we insist on separating the perceiver from the perception, the rememberer from the memory? Is this not at the root of our trouble?

听众：我们为什么要坚持把感受者和感受、回忆者和记忆分开呢？这不是我们的麻烦的根源吗？

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The root of the trouble is that we don't really know how organisations work.

问题的根源在于，我们并没有真正明白组织运作的方式。

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When trouble hit anonymous, frustrated with the loss of each root ganglion burning.

当无名的烦恼袭来, 失意与彷徨燃烧着每一根神经.

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