Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad.

任何由于骄傲自大或理解力不强或缺乏奉献精神的失败都将在国内外给我们带来严重损害。

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It's a measure of Milton's ambition and his intellectual courage that enables him to set out to justify a God who can inflict upon his creatures such a seemingly arbitrary act of licensing.

就是弥尔顿的雄心和他智慧的勇气,让他去证实上帝是能强加给他创造的世界,这样看起来专横的控制的行为。

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However, Lord Forsyth's speech, while passionate, was far from a monotonous rant of the sort which enthusiasts occasionally inflict upon the populace.

BBC: Spectre at the feast

Prospects that come ready made with all the heart-ache and thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to which they in turn inevitably inflict upon the salesman.

FORBES: How to Write a Plan or Proposal That Rocks

The damage broker-consultants inflict upon pensions amounts to billions annually.

FORBES: The Art of Theft: How Corporate Fiduciaries Steal From American��s Pensions (February 2, 2005 )