The good citizens are worried that the spiritual aspect of the season is about to be devoured by an increasingly unbridled shopping culture.

那些善良的市民会为此而焦急：季节的精神面貌可能会被日益放肆的购物文化所吞噬。

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The apostles Paul and Peter both warned us that we are still in a spiritual battle, we are to watch out so that we will not be devoured by Satan.

使徒保罗和彼得都提醒我们：我们还要打一场属灵的争战，所以要时刻保持惊醒，免得被魔鬼吞吃去了。

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This is to think that Men are so foolish that they take care to avoid what Mischiefs may be done them by polecats, or foxes, but are content not think it safety to be devoured by lions.

想想看，人类愚蠢到会去小心地避免那些可能使他们造成伤害的臭鼬或是狐狸，却不担心狮子对他们安全造成的威胁。

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The Swiss bank also likes Peugeot which could be snapped up by Fiat and German truck-maker MAN which could be devoured by Scania or Volkswagen.

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If a brand has none of that, or only some of it, get ready to be niche-picked and ultimately devoured by aggressive and nimble startups.

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Today David Obey said he wasn't sure how he was going to deal with the supplemental request because he was afraid the administration would be -- in his words -- devoured by an insoluble problem in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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