The worst case scenario is less bad, is a way of saying it.

在坏形势下最好的选择是减少损失

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When the bad is behind us, that seems less bothersome than when the bad is in front of us.

当糟糕的事过去之后，它似乎没有在我们前面时那么麻烦。

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People have names. People have distinct, individual names that mark them as people and once you know somebody's name you are less likely to do bad things to them.

人都有各具个性的名字,这标志他们的人性,一旦你知道某个人的名字,你对他行恶的可能性就会降低。

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From the point of view of somebody who gets less, this is obviously a bad thing.

从那些寿命较短的人的角度来看，这显而易件是件坏事。

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But anyway, the confederate that they hired was a woman who was naturally attractive in most people's view but they made her look either more attractive or less attractive by giving her kind of frumpy clothes, bad make-up, and a frizzy wig.

不管怎么说，他们请的这个助手,在大多数人眼中亭亭玉立,他们可以把她包装得更漂亮,或打扮成丑女无敌,让她穿些邋遢的衣服，失败的妆容还带上卷曲的假发。

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