His defence team tried to argue that his fault was naive garrulousness rather than venality.

他的辩护律师团争辩说，他的过失只是天真的多嘴多舌，而不是见利忘义。

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Some applaud this as a clever way to get round congressional venality (much as a similar commission managed to close military bases in the past), but sceptics are unconvinced.

一些人称赞这不失为避免国会滥用职权的明智方式(这很像过去设法关闭军事基地的类似委员会)，但是怀疑者们不以为然。

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Amid all the venality, there were some good works: missions, orphanages and clinics set up in Africa.

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The jail in Los Angeles County, America's largest, is under federal investigation for brutality and venality by deputies and guards.

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On the second, the report does not say whether Mr Annan should go for having presided over such chaos and venality.

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