原文（含上下文）：The choice between traditionalist and governmentalist public health approaches to AIDS posed the question of how control was exerted in different polities—formally or informally. That, in turn, broached the assumptions that any society could make without comment or discussion. The intuitive rule of thumb would seem to be that the more homogeneous a polity—ethnically, religiously, socially—the more it can rely on unspoken, informal norms of correct behavior. A balkanized, heterogeneous society, in contrast, must count on formal criteria imposed by law and authority. 出处：http://imgur.com/80dwKRO 疑问：原文第四行any society could make without comment or discussion是什麽意思？ 我的译文（含上下文）：关於爱滋病防治，传统派与治理性这两种公共卫生手段之间的 选择引发一个问题：不同政体施加何种管控──正式或非正式？而这个问题又带出另一个 假设：任何社会不需意见或讨论皆能成立（？）。直觉的经验法则似乎是，族裔、宗教、 社会越同质的政体，越能倚赖不需明言的非正式行为准则；而分裂、异质的社会必须倚靠 法律与官方定义出正式的行为标准。 谢谢大家orz --

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