Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.

下载并享受文学作品需要很高的技巧，但如果仅限于下载的话，那么就等于剥夺了下载者自身作为人类的一种重要能力。

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Wealth is certainly not a sin, but failing to use it for God's glory is.

财富本身不是罪，但不为荣耀神而用就是罪了。

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The West's best bet was patient "containment" of a powerful but failing giant.

对于西方国家来说，最好的办法便是耐心遏制那个强大的但却日渐衰退的大国。

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But the man did not move. He heard that unearthly cry upon his failing sense, again and nearer than before.

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If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

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So this is another kind of engineering, an engineering not to look more closely at how humans work but an engineering to improve their function when it's failing.

这便是另一种工程技术,它并不研究人体运作原理,而是强化某部位的功能,如果这个部位失效了的话

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But failing to perform such a study runs a significant chance of confusing cause and effect.

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Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal leader, miscalculated in threatening (but failing) to bring the government down.

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War is not inevitable, but failing to make contingency plans for its aftermath would be inexcusable.

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