The list of life 's certainties has gotten longer .

生命中必然发生之事又多了一样。

The diplomatic certainties that once anchored relations between the two countries have long disappeared .

而原先能够稳定两国外交关系的那些确定性因素早就消失殆尽了。

That was meant as a prediction as I looked for certainties amid the chaos .

我的本意是在一片混乱中寻找确定性之际，将其作为一个预言。

What if these certainties failed more , or even most , of the time ?

如果这些确定性更多次乃至大多数时候都失灵又会怎么样呢？

They will identify only increased probabilities of violent behaviors , not certainties .

它们只能鉴别出暴力行为的概率增加，而不是确定出现犯罪。