Malthus, indeed, had vehemently opposed ricardo's doctrine that it was impossible for effective demand to be deficient; but vainly.

李嘉图认为有效需求不会不足，马尔萨斯虽曾强烈反对，但是没有用。

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After all, human beings are by no means the jackdaw in Aesop's fable who could afford to indulge complacently but vainly in singing and dancing without knowing where his next meal would come from.

毕竟，人类决不是伊索寓言中的那只寒鸦，可以自满且虚荣地整日沉湎于唱歌跳舞，却全然不知下一餐食物将从何而来。

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I listen vainly, but with thirsty ears, for the witching melody of faint bugles blowing reveille, of far drums beating the long roll.

我尽力但徒然地倾听，渴望听到军号吹奏起床导对那微弱而迷人的旋律，以及远处战鼓急促敲击的动人节奏。

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According to the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group that vainly but nobly advocates fiscal probity, discretionary spending has actually risen by an average annual rate of 5.5% for the past three years.

ECONOMIST: Congress and the surplus