Ideally, life insurance is insuring people-- or fire insurance is insuring people-- against independent events, so it's not the fire of London.

理想状态下,人寿保险,或者是火灾险,承保的对象都是独立事件,伦敦大火的例子不在讨论范围

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He arrangeed a sale, but not quite a fore sale, a fire sale to JP Morgan.

汉克筹划了一个买卖，不能算是预售，应该是急救销售,将贝尔斯登卖个给摩根大通银行。

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My body seemed on fire and I could not sleep.

我全身如火般滚烫,无从休息。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Will not even a Hobbesian society again ? require fire departments?

在霍布斯理想的社会里,就不需要消防部门吗？

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