But if we stop to think about it, most of us recognise that material and financial wealth are just a means to an end, not the end in themselves.

但是，如果我们停下来反思一下，我们中的绝大部分人都承认物质享受和金融财富仅是达到目的的手段，而不是要在财富中终结。

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Not even the most dismal orthodox economist would claim that material wealth is a substitute for kinship.

就连最阴沉的正统经济学家也不会声称，物质财富可以替代亲情。

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The telling aspect of Mr Cameron’s upbringing was not its material privilege but its social wealth.

我们可以很明显地感受到，卡梅伦首相的教养让他更多地关注社会财富，而不是物质发达。

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Mr. JONES: And it was based not on material wealth, and it was based on who you were as a person and what you were willing to give up and what you were willing to do, not just for yourself, but for the elders, for the children, for those who come in behind you to make a path easier for them.

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And this illusion was that material wealth does not make that much of a difference in how happy people are.

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An increase in material wealth has not diminished many of the social problems associated with the most deprived parts of our society.

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