The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad.

这句俗语的意思是一个团队中的坏人会使其他人的表现都变坏。

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Just as bad curses program the mind of a person to act bad, good ones program his mind to be better.

正如坏的诅咒能控制一个人的思想，使其表现不良；好的诅咒则能控制其思想使其表现良好。

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You should know that not all neighbors are going to follow your requirement, and some may act in a bad manner.

你应该知道，并不是所有的邻居都会遵循你的要求，有些邻居可能会做出不好的行为。

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Although they may have made what now looks like a bad deal, it did not entitle them to termination under the Copyright Act because that bad deal was made with the knowledge and power of the termination right as it stood in 1992.

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