In the long run, excuse makers fail to live up to their true potential and lose the status they care so much about.

从长远来看，找借口的人无法发挥出他们真正的潜力，而且会失去他们最在乎的地位。

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This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to, especially when you contrast it with the standard set for little boys by their dolls… excuse me, by their action figures.

这样的体形标准可是很难达到的，尤其是当你把小男孩们的娃娃… 不对，应该说是以他们的动作明星玩具为标准与男孩子相比的时候。

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"There can be no excuse for the men of this town to live in this gang culture, " he said.

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