Considerable sums of money passed through his hands, but nothing could induce him to make any change whatever in his mode of life, or add anything superfluous to his bare necessities.

大笔大笔的款项都经过他的手，但没有任何东西能稍稍改变他的生活方式，或使他在他所必需的用品以外增添一点多余的东西。

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The huge sums the hospitals stand to gain from reducing such losses make even $155 billion over ten years look like a reasonable amount of money to sacrifice to secure such a bonanza.

如果医院在未来十年可以通过削减这种损失而获得1550亿的利润，那么这样的暂时性损失也是合理的。

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Humorist Fran Lebowitz sums up the foolishness of lovesick - ness in the following terms: "People who get married because they're in love make a ridiculous mistake."

幽默作家弗兰·拉伯维治(Fran Lebowitz)归纳了相思病的种种傻样后道：“为爱结婚的人们错得大谬。”

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And I didn't make large sums of money.

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Then came the investment that had the potential to make large sums of money through private placements and Halper was listening.

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It is a conflict of interest which, outsiders argue, enables banks to make huge sums of money on their proprietary trading (dealing on their own account).

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