Arguments rage as to whether the market has a baleful influence on creative writing.

市场对于文学创作是否具有负面影响，这个争论总是极为激烈的。

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There is nothing so baleful to a small man as the shade of a great one particularly the great man of a city.

对小人物来说，最有害的莫过于大人物-尤其是大城市的大人物-的阴影。

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The robber gave me a baleful look.

那强盗用威胁的眼光看着我。

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That union had a baleful influence on Mr Miller's career.

ECONOMIST: Literary biography

The new regime of rising bills for households, and a more ruthless approach to disconnection for big firms, was one main reason why so many local governments looked on Mr Brevnov with a baleful eye.

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But they do have a direct strategic interest in keeping the next election as tight as possible (leaving aside the baleful effect of the boundary changes on a number of their MPs) because it maximises their chance of a hung parliament in 2015 and leverage over the next government.

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