Admiration, though, while a laudable reaction, is less likely to spur us on than a solid dose of benign envy.

虽然，崇拜作为一种值得赞赏的反应，相比于更实在的良性嫉妒，却并不足以激励我们。

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Without this we should be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us to seek a more solid means of escaping from it.

没有消遣，我们会处于厌倦的状态中，这种厌倦会驱使我们去寻找更可靠的办法从中解脱。

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Throw in solid global economic growth that helped spur a narrower than expected U.S. trade deficit from this month, and it's no surprise that the Fed's bias is probably toward another raise, rather than a cut.

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