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Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.

合理的主张早就有了，但管理这一行业的州级机构过于保守，一直没有加以实施。

the rigid bodies governing the profession.

管理该行业的僵化机构。

Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world's languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features.

正如人类求偶仪式虽然多得令人眼花缭乱，却都可以被视为性选择的形式一样，或许世界上的语言、音乐、社会和宗教习俗乃至历史都受普遍特征的支配。

Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lineage-specific and not governed by universals.

分析结果并未证实这两种模式中的任何一种，这表明语言的结构是特定于谱系的，并不受普遍规律的支配。