Placing too much value on material advantage while ignoring what he called the "spiritual lag" was a path fraught with peril, King said.

过分重视物质利益而忽视他所谓的“精神滞后”，是一种充满极大危险的生活方式，金说。

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Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters.

吉蒂最受实惠，大部分时间都消磨在两位姐姐那儿。

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The material offers a key advantage, though, once installed: "If you hang paintings over grasscloth, you can really hide the nail holes, " said Ms. Lydon.

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The Sport has the advantage on material quality.

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For our purposes, we decided to define a tool as a material device that provides an advantage in accomplishing a task.

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