败坏

It is probable that the most deadly and the most demoralizing single instrumentality of present-day civilization is the automobile.

对现代文明的最致命的和最富有败坏性的独一无二的工具很可能要数汽车了。

Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

金钱：在这世上没有一个东西比金钱更能败坏道德。

Absolute military power tends to deprave those who are in control.

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A work of great difficulty to himself, requiring much prudence, zeal and meditation, and to the natural and corrupt man will be very unpleasant ; yet he is to endeavour to perform it in such a manner, that his auditors may fell the word of God to be quick and powerful, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart; and that, if any unbeliever or ignorant person be present, he may have the secrets of his heart made manifest, and give glory to God.

应用经文必须现实﹕解经者必须留意，有没有使经文向人们实际的情况说话。昨日的应用，不一定能向今天的情况说话。…「若只是指责古老的错误，或过时的生活，做事方式，这种的热诚是卑贱的。我们必须考虑现今一代需要的是什麼。」解经者能适切地应用《圣经》，刺透人心，造就生命（有别於不适切，混乱的应用），无疑是非常不容易的，需要智慧，热心和默想，而对属血气和败坏的人来说是非常不舒服的事（考虑到这一点，可能诱惑上帝的仆人失去控制，因为平常人都喜欢受到爱戴）。可是他必须努力履行这任务，好叫听众能感觉到上帝的话语是大能有力的，使人苏醒的，查验人的心思意念的；若有非信徒或无知的人在场，他们心中隐秘的事就必显露，叫荣耀归给上帝。

That's why we have to discredit him.

所以我们才得败坏他的名声

Such behavior will discredit you with your colleagues.

这样的行为将会让你的同事们败坏你的名声。

Her honour was discredited in the newspapers.

她的名声被报纸败坏了。

You have dishonoured the name of the school.

你败坏了学校的名声。

He dishonoured his team by cheating during the competition.

他在竞赛中作弊而败坏了其球队的声誉。

He dishonoured his team by cheat ing during the competition.

他在竞赛中作弊而败坏了其球队的声誉。

We will see more and more activist government policies that distinguish economic activities according to the nationality of the actors.

我们将看到越来越多激进的政府政策，这些政策根据企业的国籍来区分经济活动。

If we can prove the independence of an axiomatic system, then we can guarantee the conciseness of this system, ie.

如果能够证明某个一阶谓词系统的独立性，那么就能够保证该系统的建立是精炼的，即没有任何一条公理或推理规则是多余的。