In fact, the real threat comes from overly chummy links between a state and its multinationals.

实际上，真正的威胁来自于跨国公司同某一个国家过分亲密的联系。

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SIR PAUL NURSE boasts a long list of academic accolades, among them a Nobel Prize, but his chummy manner and oodles of scientific star power have earned him the nickname "David Beckham of science".

保罗·纳斯爵士因拥有一大堆的学术荣誉称号，其中包括一个诺贝尔奖而自吹自擂，但是他与人亲近的风格和作为科学明星的巨大影响力，使他获得了“科学界的贝克·汉姆”这一昵称。

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Michelle grew up knowing useful people: she was chummy with Jesse Jackson’s daughter and even baby-sat his son when she was a teenager.

米歇尔从小就认识了一些可以派上用场的人物：当她十几岁时，她与杰西•杰克逊的女儿亲密无间，甚至还给他的儿子当过保姆。

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As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight with an expected call for civility, the Arizona legislature is taking up a bill with a less chummy message to the federal government.

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He added that although it would be "unhealthy" for there to be a "chummy relationship" between the person keeping the banks in order and the banks themselves, banking chiefs have alleged Mr King doesn't understand what they do.

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The dot-commers were a much more chummy bunch.

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