Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as "a necessary evil".

与此同时，本可以让每个人生活更好的政府开支却被削减了，因为人们本能地——且错误地——将政府贴上了“必定邪恶”的标签。

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There are also rules dealing with interpersonal relationships: Be a responsible human being and do not do evil things to others.

处理人际关系方面也有一些规则：做一个负责任的人，不要对别人做坏事。

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Being evil does not lead to Buddhahood; it only hampers it.

为恶不能成佛，而是相反。

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Young women in the play accuse people they dislike of being evil witches.

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The actual morality of the kind of chastity that the Lady believes in, I think, raises a lot of questions about the clarity of the distinction being formed here between good and evil.

小姐信仰的贞洁道德观，我认为引出了很多关于,明确区分好和坏的形式的问题。

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Now since God is himself the transcendent source of all being and since he is good, in a monotheistic system there are no evil agents that constitute a realm that opposes God as an equal rival.

因为上帝的力量超越万物,也因为他是上帝，在一神论体系中没有恶灵,能够形成一个可与他相抗衡的领域。

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Without being evil, Google keeps innovating.

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Gawker Media owner Nick Denton cultivates a reputation for being slightly evil.

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"What one really has to be careful of is giving children the impression that being bad or evil gets you gifts, " he said.

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