When a journalist suggested that the vast wealth of one of Twain's friends, a Standard Oil executive, was "tainted," Twain replied, "It's doubly tainted-t 'aint yours and t 'aint mine."

马克·吐温有个朋友是美孚石油公司的高级管理人员，曾有一个记者暗示，这个朋友的万贯家财很“黑”，吐温回答说：“这是黑了又黑，黑了你的又黑我的。”

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And so this one you didn't choose is then tainted and you turn and then when compared to a third one you favor that third one.

你第一次没选上的那粒就被打上污点了,当拿它和第三粒相比较时,你就会偏向于第三粒。

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