Although a man of blood and violence, Richard was too impetuous to be either treacherous or habitually cruel.

虽然理查德是一个血腥暴力的人，但他过于冲动，既不奸诈，也不惯于残忍。

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You have come to ruin because you are a man of blood !

现在你自取其祸，因为你是流人血的人。

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He had a rush of blood to the head and punched the man.

他一时冲动，挥拳打了那个男人。

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Tiomkin thinks the end of the Great Recession was tantamount to a very sick man getting a blood transfusion he might momentarily look better, but the underlying sickness still remains.

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