Dramatic social change seldom takes such a benign form.

巨大的社会变革很少能有这样温和的形式。

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While there are indications that one's tendency toward benign or malicious envy might be dispositional, at least in one's running life the benign form is the more rational.

虽然有迹象表明，一个人无论具有良性或恶意的嫉妒倾向，可能是意向的问题，至少一个人跑步生涯里的良性嫉妒方式是更加理性的。

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Management tactics range from using bone charcoal to soak up the carcinogen and then dispose of it as toxic waste to chemically transforming hexavalent chromium to a more benign form.

管理方法多样，简单的从使用骨炭吸收致癌物，然后把骨碳当作有毒废物扔掉，到高级的使用化学方法把六价铬转化成更良性的结构。

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However, in its more benign form it provides a calming effect on markets through balance.

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Choice architecture is usually the most benign form of paternalism that behavioral economics has brought us in practice.

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Like many concerned Americans, I'm susceptible to the Prius Fallacy: a belief that switching to an ostensibly more benign form of consumption turns consumption itself into a boon for the environment.

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