Indeed, there is little to stop the vast, impoverished majority from stopping at the elite's wealth; why not deny the elite life and liberty as well?

事实上，要阻止广大贫困的大众在社会上层集团的财富面前停下来是微不足道的：为什么不把社会上层集团的生活和自由也否认了呢？

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Long-distance trade in obsidian probably gave the elite residents of Teotihuacán access to a wide variety of exotic good, as well as a relatively prosperous life.

黑曜石的长途贸易可能给特奥蒂瓦坎的精英居民提供了各种各样的异国商品，以及相对富裕的生活。

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Many students kick back, relying on their elite network to smooth a path through life.

许多学生放松下来，他们依靠自己的精英网络悠然走上生活道路。

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The USADA report led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour titles and banned from elite sport for life.

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As a faith-based creed, populism always tended to corrode respect for elite achievement, individualism, urban life, secularism, and capitalism.

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Usada also barred him for life from participating in elite-level sports.

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