许多成功人士没有再拿自己的名誉去冒险，而是染上了酗酒、疲劳、抑郁等毛病，这使得无论未来发生什么，他们能够保持自己的地位。

Rather than putting their reputation on the line again, many successful people develop a handicap—drinking, fatigue, depression—that allows them to keep their status no matter what the future brings.

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如果摩根维尔想要保持其中心购物区的地位，就应该阻止一家巨大的 SaveAll 折扣百货公司开在摩根维尔郊区。

If Morganville wants to keep its central shopping district healthy, it should prevent the opening of a huge SaveAll discount department store on the outskirts of Morganville.

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飞利浦决心在电子消费品行业保持世界领先地位。

In the field of consumer electronics, Philips is determined to remain a world leader.

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So given the elevated status of men, it's all the more important that men should remain pure and chaste.

考虑到男人崇高的地位，男人要保持纯净与贞操就显得更重要了。

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And it increases the role of these economic elites or their concern with maintaining their privileges against threats to their privileges and to their prosperity no matter where they come from.

这在提高了经济精英的地位的同时,也使他们更担心如何保持他们的特权,以及如何对抗对他们特权和繁荣的威胁,无论威胁来自何方

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