“Able to take only so much” nghĩa là gì?

“Able to take only so much” -> nghĩa là không thể chịu đựng được sự đau đớn về thể xác hay tinh thần (hơn được nữa).

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Some of the children are able to take only so much in the end, especially in light of a horrific sexual crime.

Able to take only so much insult, Cena in The Marine reaches a breaking point and finishes off three guys in quick succession, like a pro security officer of a compound should.

Need I add, not all atheists (người vô thần) have the same disposition (sự sắp đặt, mệnh trời). In fact, many find the hostility of the new atheists an embarrassment. I have met many a cordial (ghét cay ghét đắng) conversationalist who is atheistic in his or her belief, and we've had the best of conversations. Many have remarked that they have been able to take only so much of Dawkins and his followers and then stopped even reading them. Whatever worldview we espouse, dialogue and debate should take place with civility and courteous listening. But our times make that ideal so elusive (thoái thác, lảng tránh). Holding a supposedly noble belief and reducing it to ignoble means of propagation (lan truyền) makes the one who holds that belief suspect.

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