一方面很多人还在为温饱而发愁,另一方面却有很多人穷奢极欲,这种强烈的反差不能不让人唏嘘。
On the one hand, many worry about meeting food and clothing needs, while on the other hand many others live in excessive luxury. One cannot help but sigh at the inequality.
值得一提的是,他的生活穷奢极欲,在蒙特卡洛赌博输掉大笔钱财,在华尔街大崩盘的时候押注股价会继续上涨。
Notable extravagances involved losing badly gambling in Monte Carlo and betting that share prices would continue to rise when the Wall Street crash hit.
为了使这些占人口少数的人可以不从事劳动而又过着穷奢极欲的生活,大多数人就必须拼命干活,并且过着穷困的生活。
The majority work hard and live in poverty in order that the minority may live in luxury without working at all.
清教思想的魂灵仍旧在人们耳畔切切私语,告诫人们不要耽于这世俗的穷奢极欲,我也希望有更多的美国人不要想着去过他们负担不起的生活。
Puritan ghosts still whisper their warnings against profligacy in my part of the world, and I certainly hope that more Americans live within their means.
清教思想的魂灵仍旧在人们耳畔切切私语,告诫人们不要耽于这世俗的穷奢极欲,我也希望有更多的美国人不要想着去过他们负担不起的生活。
Puritan ghosts still whisper their warnings against profligacy in my part of the world, and I certainly hope that more Americans live within their means.
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